Total Crime Rate

91.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 68.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grosvenor Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 279th highest crime rate of 578 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 4JQ) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% lower than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grosvenor Street (PO5 4JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Isambard Brunel Road (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grosvenor Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Cottage Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Forbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Forbury Road
Apr 2026Public order Radnor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Sun Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Chivers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hudson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Castle Close Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tyseley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tyseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sun Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunsmore Close

Data Sources

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