Total Crime Rate

1472.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1472.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 442.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 382.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 304.7 10/10
  • Public order 124.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 51.5 10/10
  • Other theft 42.9 10/10
  • Drugs 38.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 21.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Robbery 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • 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

Commercial Road area has the highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 2nd 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 Commercial Road (PO1 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 1472.1 per 1,000 residents and was 429.2% higher than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 232.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 125 (≈ 536.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (PO1 4BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 209 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jacob'S Street (92 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/171)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cornmill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kingswell Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Staunton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staunton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Public order Cornwallis Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingswell Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Kingswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kingswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Staunton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kingswell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kingswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kingswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacob'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacob'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacob'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacob'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Jacob'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Staunton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Staunton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences April Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownlow Close —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brownlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brownlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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