Total Crime Rate

191.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 191.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Other theft 16.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Victoria Street area has the 41st highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 126th 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 Victoria Street (PO1 4NS) in the last 12 months was 191.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Street (PO1 4NS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baythorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havisham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havisham Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havisham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Havisham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Steerforth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Havisham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havisham Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baythorn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dickens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Frederick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frederick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Frederick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Frederick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Frederick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Estella Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Estella Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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