Total Crime Rate
543.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gamble Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 27th 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 Gamble Road (PO2 7EN) in the last 12 months was 543.2 per 1,000 residents and was 95.3% 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 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 270.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gamble Road (PO2 7EN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 83 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Havant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashling Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashling Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashling Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashling Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Flying Bull Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mills Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Estella Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashling Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashling Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashling Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashling Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mills Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centaur Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mills Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pitcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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