Total Crime Rate

793.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 793.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 225.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 179.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.7 10/10
  • Public order 66.4 10/10
  • Other theft 60.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 48.0 10/10
  • Drugs 35.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.4 8/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawke Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 12th highest crime rate of 588 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 Hawke Street (PO1 3EH) in the last 12 months was 793.4 per 1,000 residents and was 185.2% higher 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 122 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 311.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawke Street (PO1 3EH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hawke Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery'S Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Victory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Victory Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Victory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Street
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prince George Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Howe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ordnance Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Howe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Britain Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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