Total Crime Rate

572.0 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 572.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 310.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 158.7 10/10
  • Public order 29.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
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

Queen 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 Queen Street (PO1 3GD) 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 Queen Street (PO1 3GD), 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 Queen Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/76)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery'S Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britain Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Britain Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Britain Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Georges Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Georges Square Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Three Tun Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ordnance Row Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Ordnance Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ordnance Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ordnance Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beck Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ordnance Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prince George Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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