Total Crime Rate
622.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chapel Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 17th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chapel Street (PO2 7DJ) in the last 12 months was 622.5 per 1,000 residents and was 123.8% higher 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 166 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -47.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 193 (≈ 381.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Street (PO2 7DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 172 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kilmiston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilmiston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnaud Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnaud Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnaud Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seymour Close | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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