Total Crime Rate
1277.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
356.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorking Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 4th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorking Crescent (PO6 2QN) in the last 12 months was 1277.5 per 1,000 residents and was 817.6% higher than the Cosham average (139.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 356.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorking Crescent (PO6 2QN), the main crime hotspot is near Spur Road. Police recorded 207 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cosham Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cosham Interchange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cosham Interchange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cosham Interchange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cosham Interchange | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cosham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cosham | — |
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