Total Crime Rate
5.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Admiralty Road area has the lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 2nd lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Admiralty Road (PO1 3GU) in the last 12 months was 5.3 per 1,000 residents and was 98.0% lower than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Admiralty Road (PO1 3GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 147 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.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cumberland Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aylward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beneficial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beneficial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bishop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishop Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Star Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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