Total Crime Rate

302.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

136.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 302.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 136.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Other theft 22.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 22nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 59th 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 Sultan Road (PO2 7AS) in the last 12 months was 302.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 136.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sultan Road (PO2 7AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sultan Road, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wingfield Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sultan Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/78)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prince'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hale Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sultan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maitland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Maitland Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cairo Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nelson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Prince'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hertford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Prince'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prince'S Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prince'S Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baythorn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brownlow Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saint'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saint'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime All Saint'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hertford Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mayo Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Seymour Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Seymour Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seymour Close —
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Data Sources

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