Total Crime Rate

146.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Drugs 31.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Somers Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 588 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 Somers Road (PO5 4LX) in the last 12 months was 146.3 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somers Road (PO5 4LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Quinton Close, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Somers Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quinton Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Royal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berkshire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garnier Street
Sep 2025Burglary Berkshire Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Royal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Berkshire Close
Sep 2025Public order Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garnier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garnier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Montgomerie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Quinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Omega Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Forbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glidden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Murefield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Railway View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldwell Street
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Arundel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Walk Local resolution

Data Sources

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