Total Crime Rate
121.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Grove area has the 28th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 215th 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 Waverley Grove (PO4 0PZ) in the last 12 months was 121.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Grove (PO4 0PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waverley Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastney and Craneswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B2155 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wish Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
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