Total Crime Rate
12.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Andrews Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 32nd lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Andrews Road (PO5 1EX) in the last 12 months was 12.6 per 1,000 residents and was 95.5% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Andrews Road (PO5 1EX), the main crime hotspot is near B2154. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 54 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 | Other crime | St Davids Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stansted Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sedgley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sedgley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carlisle Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B2154 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B2154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B2154 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2154 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrews Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Somers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Somers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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