Total Crime Rate

361.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 361.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.1 10/10
  • Public order 47.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.6 10/10
  • Burglary 17.8 10/10
  • Drugs 14.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sedgley Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 48th 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 Sedgley Close (PO5 4PG) in the last 12 months was 361.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% higher 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 210.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sedgley Close (PO5 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Isambard Brunel Road (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sedgley Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greetham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portsmouth And Southsea Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Greetham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sedgley Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Forbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Peters Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Winston Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playfair Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Isambard Brunel Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ursula Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ursula Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ursula Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area

Data Sources

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