Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

St Pauls Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 187th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Pauls Road (PO5 4AG) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 92.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Pauls Road (PO5 4AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Guildhall Walk, where police recorded 273 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Pauls Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush St West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place
Sep 2025Other theft Eldon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hampshire Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampshire Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampshire Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nickel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bedford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Landport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eldon Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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