Crime Rates at Alexandra Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4HW

Alexandra Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 578 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 230.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 134.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexandra Road (PO1 4HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buckingham Street, where police recorded 220 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.