Total Crime Rate
143.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grays Court area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 578 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 Grays Court (PO1 2PN) in the last 12 months was 143.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% higher than the Eastney and Craneswater average (85.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grays Court (PO1 2PN), the main crime hotspot is near Ordnance Row. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 59 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordnance Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warblington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Georges Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Georges Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warblington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Georges Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oyster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Poynings Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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