Crime Rates at Lion Terrace, Portsmouth, PO1 3AB

Lion Terrace area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 134th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lion Terrace (PO1 3AB) in the last 12 months was 186.5 per 1,000 residents and was 33.0% lower 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lion Terrace (PO1 3AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beck Street, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.