Total Crime Rate

278.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 278.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 90.7 9/10
  • Public order 28.1 10/10
  • Robbery 17.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 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

Radnor 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.

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Crime Over Time in Radnor Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Robbery Alec Rose Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chivers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radnor Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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