Total Crime Rate
514.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plymouth Street 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 Plymouth Street (PO5 4HW) 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 Plymouth Street (PO5 4HW), 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.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dugald Drummond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quinton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Quinton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Playfair Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Forbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winston Churchill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winston Churchill Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosaic Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sedgley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sedgley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Somerville Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dugald Drummond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Isambard Brunel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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