Total Crime Rate

150.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

83.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 83.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Other theft 21.5 10/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cottage Grove area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 174th highest crime rate of 578 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 Cottage Grove (PO5 1AL) in the last 12 months was 150.8 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage Grove (PO5 1AL), the main crime hotspot is near Stafford Road. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cottage Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/80)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmore Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street —
Apr 2026Other crime B2151 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B2151 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B2151 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Winston Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bailey'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Belmont Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Aldwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Elm Grove Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fraser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somers Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Forbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Forbury Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Davids Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Henrietta Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Henrietta Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mosaic Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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