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 4DL) 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 4DL), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 77 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush St West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meriden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cecil Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Regent Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Landport Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Southsea Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
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