Total Crime Rate

257.9 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 257.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Burglary 18.9 10/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 12.6 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Somers Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order St Peters Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hudson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Margate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Margate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quinton Close
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Quinton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Britannia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Winston Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winston Churchill Avenue
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Carlisle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henrietta Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour River'S Street
Sep 2025Drugs Worcester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Worcester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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