Total Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Georges Square area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Georges Square (PO1 3AR) in the last 12 months was 50.2 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Georges Square (PO1 3AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ordnance Row (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ordnance Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ordnance Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ordnance Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ordnance Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ordnance Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ordnance Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ordnance Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beehive Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beehive Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ordnance Row | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Jupiter Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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