Total Crime Rate
191.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Peel Place area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 127th 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 Peel Place (PO5 4JF) in the last 12 months was 191.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 157.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 107.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peel Place (PO5 4JF), 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 | Public order | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meriden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Belmont Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belmont Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belmont Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Milverton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Milverton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plymouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Plymouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plymouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winston Churchill Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alec Rose Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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