Total Crime Rate
1077.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charlotte Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 8th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Charlotte Street (PO1 4AH) in the last 12 months was 1077.5 per 1,000 residents and was 287.3% higher 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 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 422.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlotte Street (PO1 4AH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 328 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints' Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwallis Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dugald Drummond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jacob'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jacob'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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