Total Crime Rate

127.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 30th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 195th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somers Road (PO5 4PX) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somers Road (PO5 4PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ockendon Close (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 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Montgomerie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime St Davids Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Davids Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Davids Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Peters Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrews Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Andrews Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Andrews Road
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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