Crime Rates at Princes Street, Portsmouth, PO1 4NJ

Princes Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 41st highest crime rate of 588 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 Princes Street (PO1 4NJ) in the last 12 months was 387.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% higher 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 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 292.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Street (PO1 4NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sultan Road, where police recorded 84 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.