Total Crime Rate
189.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Britain Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 131st highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Britain Street (PO1 3RD) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 134.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Britain Street (PO1 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 122 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 | Three Tun Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beck Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beck Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beck Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Place | 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 | Burglary | St James'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
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