Total Crime Rate
257.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Somers Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 79th 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 Somers Road (PO5 4PY) in the last 12 months was 257.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somers Road (PO5 4PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Quinton Close, where police recorded 79 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.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worcester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Peters Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hudson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Margate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Margate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quinton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Quinton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Somerville Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winston Churchill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winston Churchill Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carlisle Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carlisle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henrietta Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | River'S Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worcester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Worcester Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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