Total Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Auckland Road East area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Auckland Road East (PO5 2HA) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% lower than the Eastney and Craneswater average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Auckland Road East (PO5 2HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Place, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palmerston Road (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastney and Craneswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarence Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarence Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lennox Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Freestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Judes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue De Caen | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
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