Total Crime Rate

143.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 90.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.1 10/10
  • Other theft 19.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 7/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grays 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.

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Crime Over Time in Grays Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ordnance Row
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warblington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft St Georges Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Georges Square
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lombard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street
Apr 2026Public order Warblington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Halfpenny Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Georges Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oyster Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nobbs Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nobbs Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nobbs Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Poynings Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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