Total Crime Rate
662.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
327.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mile End Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 16th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mile End Road (PO2 7AN) in the last 12 months was 662.0 per 1,000 residents and was 152.4% higher 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 327.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mile End Road (PO2 7AN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettering Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gamble Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Malins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kingston Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kingston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Marks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pitcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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