Crime Rates at Hanover Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3BW

Hanover Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 56th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hanover Street (PO1 3BW) in the last 12 months was 313.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% higher than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -46.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 143.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 199.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanover Street (PO1 3BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ordnance Row (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.