Total Crime Rate

83.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 57.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clarendon Street 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 Clarendon Street (PO1 4JA) 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 Clarendon Street (PO1 4JA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clarendon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bill Sargent Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bill Sargent Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tottenham Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs King Albert Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Fratton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mayo Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bill Sargent Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westminster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Westminster Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Westminster Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Clifton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lords Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lords Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bill Sargent Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bill Sargent Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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