Crime Rates at Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4QH

Old Commercial Road 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 Old Commercial Road (PO1 4QH) 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 Old Commercial Road (PO1 4QH), the main crime hotspot is near Nelson Road. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.