Total Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street area has the lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 12th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around King Street (PO5 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 0 per 1,000 residents .
In the area around King Street (PO5 4EQ), 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.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Guildhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Guildhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunsmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunsmore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunsmore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Guildhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Walk | Under investigation |
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