Total Crime Rate

127.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 61.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Drugs 21.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Blackfriars Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 206th highest crime rate of 578 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 Blackfriars Road (PO5 4LN) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackfriars Road (PO5 4LN), the main crime hotspot is near Henrietta Place. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackfriars Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/67)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Forbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Forbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Forbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crabbe Court —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bradford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Forbury Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quinton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quinton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quinton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Quinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Quinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabbe Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bridgeside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Winston Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tyseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tyseley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Aldwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Somerville Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Worcester Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue —
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Data Sources

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