Total Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Festing Grove area has the lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the lowest 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 Festing Grove (PO4 9QB) in the last 12 months was 3.7 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% lower than the Eastney and Craneswater average (85.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Festing Grove (PO4 9QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bristol Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ward Road (8 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 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brompton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Collins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brompton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cousins Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Albans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Albans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bristol Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kimberley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.