Crime Rates at Foster Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4HS

Foster Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 284th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Foster Road (PO1 4HS) in the last 12 months was 83.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.4% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -13.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foster Road (PO1 4HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sultan Road, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wingfield Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.