Total Crime Rate
195.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cumberland Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cumberland Street (PO1 3JL) in the last 12 months was 195.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% lower 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 62 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 Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 132.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cumberland Street (PO1 3JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Street (36 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 | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Tun Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St James'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St James'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Howe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Howe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Howe Road | Under investigation |
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