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

Cross Street 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 Cross Street (PO5 4PP) 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 Cross Street (PO5 4PP), 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 Cross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quinton Close —
Sep 2025Public order Dunsmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greetham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyseley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tyseley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyseley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Public order Dunsmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunsmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portsmouth And Southsea Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sedgley Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mosaic Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chivers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Grove Road North Under investigation

Data Sources

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