Total Crime Rate
165.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gloucester View area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 151st 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 Gloucester View (PO5 4EB) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 425.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 110.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gloucester View (PO5 4EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ockendon Close (42 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 | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunsmore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunsmore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunsmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosaic Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chivers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Milverton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
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