Total Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Foster 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 4HT) 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 4HT), 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.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kilmiston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lords Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lords Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Watts Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northam Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kilmiston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northam Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayo Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tottenham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King Albert Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bill Sargent Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Place | Under investigation |
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