Total Crime Rate
5.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Admiralty Road area has the lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 6th lowest crime rate of 588 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 98.1% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). 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 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wickham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wickham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Tun Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Georges Square | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Star Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Georges Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victory Road | 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 | Other theft | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Howe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Howe Road | Under investigation |
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