Crime Rates at Cottage Grove, Southsea, PO5 1EJ

Cottage Grove area has the 37th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 104th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottage Grove (PO5 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 210.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 159.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 96.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage Grove (PO5 1EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stafford Road (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.