Total Crime Rate

121.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 43.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ward Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 205th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ward Road (PO4 9PA) in the last 12 months was 121.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ward Road (PO4 9PA), the main crime hotspot is near Pedam Close. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ward Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spinnaker Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dupree Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hunter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hunter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chitty Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dupree Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pedam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pedam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landguard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landguard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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