Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
181.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingston Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 77th 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 Kingston Road (PO2 7EF) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 181.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingston Road (PO2 7EF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 83 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flying Bull Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seymour Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havant Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Basin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heathfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2047 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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