Crime Rate in Eastney and Craneswater, ward

Eastney and Craneswater has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 2480th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 328th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Eastney and Craneswater in the last 12 months was 84.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% lower than the Portsmouth district average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Eastney and Craneswater’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 388 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , down -38.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 508 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Eastney and Craneswater ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 143 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Waverley Road (58 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.