Total Crime Rate

203.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 203.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.9 10/10
  • Drugs 27.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Auckland 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.

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Crime Over Time in Auckland Road East area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Judes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Richmond Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Richmond Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Parade
Sep 2025Shoplifting Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Place
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tonbridge Street
Sep 2025Public order St Judes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lennox Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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