Total Crime Rate
524.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
283.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hyde Park Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 25th highest crime rate of 578 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 524.1 per 1,000 residents and was 99.8% higher than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 206 (≈ 283.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hyde Park Road (PO5 4HP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 253 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milverton Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milverton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winston Churchill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slindon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Slindon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winston Churchill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Forbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Forbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Forbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winston Churchill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dugald Drummond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dugald Drummond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyseley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tyseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charles Dickens Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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