Total Crime Rate
235.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Curzon Howe Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 88th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Curzon Howe Road (PO1 3BZ) in the last 12 months was 235.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 141.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Curzon Howe Road (PO1 3BZ), 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.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cumberland Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aylward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Star Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Georges Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wickham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bonfire Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aylward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bonfire Corner | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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