Total Crime Rate
572.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawke Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 23rd 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 3EW) in the last 12 months was 572.0 per 1,000 residents and was 105.6% higher than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 199.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 411.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawke Street (PO1 3EW), 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.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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