Total Crime Rate

161.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 161.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 90.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.4 9/10
  • Drugs 23.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sultan Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 157th 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 Sultan Road (PO2 7AD) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sultan Road (PO2 7AD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sultan Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kettering Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order All Saints Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saints Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Staunton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime All Saint'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saint'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saint'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cornwallis Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brownlow Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson All Saints' Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Maitland Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hertford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hertford Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sultan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sultan 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 Baythorn Close Under investigation
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
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Data Sources

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