Crime Rates at St Michaels Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2EE

St Michaels Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 65th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Michaels Road (PO1 2EE) in the last 12 months was 280.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% higher than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 278 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -60.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 367 (≈ 138.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Michaels Road (PO1 2EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Guildhall Walk, where police recorded 273 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.