Total Crime Rate

144.1 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 144.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.1 9/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Drugs 18.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Somers Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 174th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somers Road (PO5 4PU) in the last 12 months was 144.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.2% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 93.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somers Road (PO5 4PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 159 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plymouth Street (42 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 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chivers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mosaic Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sedgley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sedgley Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarborough Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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