Total Crime Rate

185.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 185.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.4 10/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stirling Street area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 136th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stirling Street (PO2 7EX) in the last 12 months was 185.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 133.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stirling Street (PO2 7EX), 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 Stirling Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malthouse Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sultan Road
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kilpatrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilpatrick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilpatrick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilpatrick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cressy Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Stephens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilpatrick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dickens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Steerforth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sultan Road
Sep 2025Burglary Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashling Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sultan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sultan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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