Total Crime Rate

195.4 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 195.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.1 9/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.5 9/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Georges Way area has the 39th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 121st 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 St Georges Way (PO1 3RH) in the last 12 months was 195.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 79.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Georges Way (PO1 3RH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Georges Way area

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

Data Sources

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