Total Crime Rate
91.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grosvenor 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.
View Crime In St Thomas| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Forbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Forbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Forbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radnor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sun Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chivers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hudson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyseley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tyseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunsmore Close | — |
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