Crime Rates at St Faiths Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4DN

St Faiths Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 81st highest crime rate of 588 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 St Faiths Road (PO1 4DN) in the last 12 months was 254.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 158.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Faiths Road (PO1 4DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 204 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.