Total Crime Rate

758.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

337.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 758.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 337.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 247.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 138.4 9/10
  • Public order 66.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.7 10/10
  • Other theft 62.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 36.9 10/10
  • Drugs 29.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.8 10/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Victory Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 12th 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 Victory Road (PO1 3DR) in the last 12 months was 758.3 per 1,000 residents and was 189.1% 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 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 183 (≈ 337.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victory Road (PO1 3DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 155 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.

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Crime Over Time in Victory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/77)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Georges Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prince George Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Prince George Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curzon Howe Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other theft Curzon Howe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Georges Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Georges Square —
Apr 2026Public order Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bonfire Corner Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonfire Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Hanover Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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