Total Crime Rate
94.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tamarisk Close area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 273rd 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 Tamarisk Close (PO4 9TS) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tamarisk Close (PO4 9TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bransbury Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fordingbridge Road (11 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 | Public order | Bransbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cockleshell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountbatten Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountbatten Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountbatten Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Driftwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esplanade Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bransbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Halliday Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Halliday Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bransbury Road | — |
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