Total Crime Rate

12.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 12.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Andrews Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime St Davids Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Northumberland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stansted Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sedgley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order B2154 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery B2154 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B2154 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2154 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Andrews Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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