Total Crime Rate
213.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Somers Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 101st 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 Somers Road (PO5 4PS) in the last 12 months was 213.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 94.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somers Road (PO5 4PS), the main crime hotspot is near Milverton Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Thomas| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Forbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomerie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ursula Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ursula Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henrietta Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Davids Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milverton Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bailey'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chivers Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chivers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabbe Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabbe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canal Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Forbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Forbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Forbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milverton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerville Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
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