Total Crime Rate
278.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Radnor Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 67th 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 Radnor Street (PO5 4JH) in the last 12 months was 278.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 140.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Radnor Street (PO5 4JH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 111 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 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alec Rose Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | River'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chivers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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