Crime Rates at Lake Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4HB

Lake Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 95th 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 Lake Road (PO1 4HB) in the last 12 months was 224.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 160.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lake Road (PO1 4HB), 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.