Total Crime Rate

146.3 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 146.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Drugs 31.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cumberland Business Centre area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 588 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 Cumberland Business Centre (PO5 1DS) in the last 12 months was 146.3 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cumberland Business Centre (PO5 1DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cumberland Business Centre area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsdown Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Selbourne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Selbourne Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garnier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garnier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garnier Street
Sep 2025Public order Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kingsdown Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Eton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Murefield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Vivash Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vivash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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