Total Crime Rate
162.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linklater Path area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 155th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Linklater Path (PO1 4LY) in the last 12 months was 162.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 108.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linklater Path (PO1 4LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 119 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 | Vehicle crime | Agincourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Watts Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sultan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sultan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lords Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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