Total Crime Rate

254.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 254.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.1 10/10
  • Public order 35.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Burglary 15.9 10/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.9 9/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Other theft 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

Alexandra Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 81st 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 Alexandra Road (PO1 4HW) in the last 12 months was 254.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 158.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexandra Road (PO1 4HW), the main crime hotspot is near Jacob'S Street. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alexandra Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/166)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hale Street North —
Sep 2025Other theft Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Turner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Turner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fyning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drummond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwallis Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drummond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Wingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Temple Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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