Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Sultan Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 294th 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 Sultan Road (PO2 7AR) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sultan Road (PO2 7AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flying Bull Close, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nelson Road (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sultan Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nessus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order All Saints' Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints' Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nessus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Estella Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nessus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nessus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cressy Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sultan Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hercules Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hercules Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person All Saints' Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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