Crime Rates at Cottage Grove, Southsea, PO5 1DU

Cottage Grove area has the 10th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 28th highest crime rate of 578 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 Cottage Grove (PO5 1DU) in the last 12 months was 513.5 per 1,000 residents and was 95.8% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 225.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage Grove (PO5 1DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milverton Close (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.