Total Crime Rate

154.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 154.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.0 9/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 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

Grosvenor Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 160th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grosvenor Street (PO5 4JG) in the last 12 months was 154.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 104.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grosvenor Street (PO5 4JG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grosvenor Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Belmont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Place 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chivers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Grove Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue
Sep 2025Other theft Winston Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mosaic Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sedgley Close
Sep 2025Other crime The Mary Rose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bedford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Mary Rose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Alec Rose Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Alec Rose Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Alec Rose Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Alec Rose Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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