Total Crime Rate

137.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 137.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.3 9/10
  • Drugs 20.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.4 10/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Linklater 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.

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Crime Over Time in Linklater Path area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Foster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kilmiston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Common Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Turner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Turner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hale Street North
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fyning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilmiston Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kilmiston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drummond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Albert Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bill Sargent Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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