Total Crime Rate

191.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 191.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

King Street area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 127th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around King Street (PO5 4EH) in the last 12 months was 191.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 157.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 107.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around King Street (PO5 4EH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in King Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chivers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mosaic Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Milverton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Milverton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colpoy Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Belmont Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Belmont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bedford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont Place

Data Sources

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