Total Crime Rate

80.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Foster Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 285th lowest crime rate of 588 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 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Foster Road (PO1 4HT), the main crime hotspot is near Brownlow Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Foster Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cornwallis Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Timpson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hertford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drummond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drummond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimpole Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fyning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sultan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lords Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sultan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sultan Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sultan Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hale Street North
Sep 2025Other crime Murefield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Turner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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