Total Crime Rate
203.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Auckland Road East area has the 13th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 116th highest crime rate of 588 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 Auckland Road East (PO5 2HE) in the last 12 months was 203.3 per 1,000 residents and was 141.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 115.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Auckland Road East (PO5 2HE), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | St Judes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richmond Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richmond Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richmond Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richmond Place | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarence Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonbridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Judes Close | 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 |
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