Total Crime Rate

514.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 514.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 203.6 10/10
  • Drugs 67.4 10/10
  • Public order 50.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.6 7/10
  • Other crime 16.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
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

Hyde Park Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 31st 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 Hyde Park Road (PO5 4HP) in the last 12 months was 514.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher 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 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -36.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 203 (≈ 279.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hyde Park Road (PO5 4HP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 267 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hyde Park Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/115)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Quinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quinton Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radnor Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sedgley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dugald Drummond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dugald Drummond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Surrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Public order Surrey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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