Total Crime Rate

195.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 195.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cumberland 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cumberland Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Beck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James'S Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margery'S Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Three Tun Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prince George Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St James'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aylward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Howe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Howe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Howe Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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