Crime Rates at Wickham Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3EF

Wickham Street 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 Wickham Street (PO1 3EF) 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 Wickham Street (PO1 3EF), 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.