Total Crime Rate
230.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crasswell Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 578 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 Crasswell Street (PO1 4DH) in the last 12 months was 230.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 134.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crasswell Street (PO1 4DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buckingham Street, where police recorded 220 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (73 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Faiths Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glidden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Slindon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Church Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Church Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Church Path | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Faiths Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Faiths Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staunton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Path North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | All Saints Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | All Saints Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints' Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints' Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | April Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwallis Crescent | Under investigation |
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