Total Crime Rate

698.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 698.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 296.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 102.3 9/10
  • Public order 79.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.1 10/10
  • Other theft 32.3 10/10
  • Drugs 25.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.0 8/10
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

Commercial Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 13th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (PO1 4TG) in the last 12 months was 698.4 per 1,000 residents and was 151.0% 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 165 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 222 (≈ 398.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (PO1 4TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 193 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jacob'S Street (92 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft All Saint'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime All Saints Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Staunton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Staunton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Staunton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Staunton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staunton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson All Saint'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints Road —
Sep 2025Public order Cornwallis Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft All Saints Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Jacob'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornmill Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Temple Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Temple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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