Total Crime Rate

53.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 53.7 5/10
  • Violent crimes 17.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 10th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 195th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sultan Road (PO2 7AT) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% lower than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sultan Road (PO2 7AT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 62 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 (30/91)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street 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 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westminster Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Westminster Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Westminster Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Seymour Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northbrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Watts Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hertford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mayo Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Hale Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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