Total Crime Rate
571.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Centaur Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 24th 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 Centaur Street (PO2 7HB) in the last 12 months was 571.4 per 1,000 residents and was 105.4% 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 250.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Centaur Street (PO2 7HB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 45 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 | Kilpatrick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cressy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilpatrick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dickens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hercules Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Steerforth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malthouse Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cressy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baythorn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baythorn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nessus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grafton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nessus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nessus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nessus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havisham Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havisham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havisham Road | Under investigation |
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