Total Crime Rate

94.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 53.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wingfield Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 578 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 Wingfield Street (PO1 4PG) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wingfield Street (PO1 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sultan Road, where police recorded 93 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wingfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Maitland Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hertford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hertford Place
Apr 2026Drugs Hale Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sultan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Drummond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maitland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cairo Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nelson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prince'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prince'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Prince'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prince'S Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prince'S Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Union Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Brownlow Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westminster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Seymour Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Seymour Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seymour Close

Data Sources

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