Total Crime Rate

114.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.2 7/10
  • Drugs 25.5 10/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Barrington Terrace area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 224th 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 Barrington Terrace (PO5 4ES) in the last 12 months was 114.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barrington Terrace (PO5 4ES), 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 Barrington Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunsmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Grove Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dunsmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dunsmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent 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 Warwick Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Winston Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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