Total Crime Rate
194.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 124th 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 Highbury Street (PO1 2BW) in the last 12 months was 194.4 per 1,000 residents and was 131.0% higher than the Eastney and Craneswater average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 67.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbury Street (PO1 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Beehive Walk. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastney and Craneswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | White Hart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oyster Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Thomas'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lombard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Jupiter Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beehive Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beehive Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas'S Street | Under investigation |
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