Total Crime Rate
137.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Linklater Path area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 181st highest 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 Linklater Path (PO1 4LY) in the last 12 months was 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% 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 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Road (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Foster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kilmiston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Common Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Turner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Turner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale Street North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fyning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilmiston Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilmiston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Albert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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