Total Crime Rate

622.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 622.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 328.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.5 9/10
  • Drugs 31.6 10/10
  • Public order 31.6 10/10
  • Other theft 25.7 10/10
  • Robbery 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 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

Chapel 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.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kilmiston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kilmiston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnaud Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnaud Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnaud Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seymour Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Close
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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