Total Crime Rate

109.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

York Place area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 238th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around York Place (PO1 3LB) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Place (PO1 3LB), 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 York Place area

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

Data Sources

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