Crime Rates at Greetham Street, Southsea, PO5 4LJ

Greetham Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 249th highest crime rate of 578 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 Greetham Street (PO5 4LJ) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greetham Street (PO5 4LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plymouth Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.