Total Crime Rate
233.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kings Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Road (PO5 4DJ) in the last 12 months was 233.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 179.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Road (PO5 4DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Michael'S Road, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (77 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Michael'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Michael'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colpoy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dartmouth Mews | Under investigation |
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