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

Port Royal Street 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 Port Royal Street (PO5 4NP) 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 Port Royal Street (PO5 4NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Quinton Close, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somerville Court (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Port Royal Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Walk Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cottage View Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cottage View Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Other crime Milford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Landport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aldwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldwell Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Omega Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Somers Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Somers Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Landport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Landport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Formal action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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