Total Crime Rate

9.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 9.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Brownlow Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 23rd lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brownlow Close (PO1 4EP) in the last 12 months was 9.7 per 1,000 residents and was 96.5% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

In the area around Brownlow Close (PO1 4EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sultan Road, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Road (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brownlow Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft All Saints Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cornmill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sultan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime All Saints Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baythorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornmill Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cornmill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cornmill Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Cornmill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hertford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person All Saints' Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order All Saints' Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints' Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbrook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences April Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sultan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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