Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

117.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 200.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 117.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.6 7/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gunwharf Quays area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 113th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gunwharf Quays (PO1 3BF) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 134.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 117.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gunwharf Quays (PO1 3BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ordnance Row (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gunwharf Quays area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camber Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camber Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camber Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Camber Place
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ferry Terminal Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broad Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lombard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oyster Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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