Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.7 9/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Omega Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 190th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Omega Street (PO5 4LG) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 95.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Omega Street (PO5 4LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Quinton Close, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plymouth Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Omega Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldwell Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Settlers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft East Surrey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Omega Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Omega Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aldwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Arundel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Milford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cottage View Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Settlers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greetham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Railway View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway View Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Forbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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