Total Crime Rate
515.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
325.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 27th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waverley Road (PO5 2PJ) in the last 12 months was 515.0 per 1,000 residents and was 503.2% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -47.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 325.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Road (PO5 2PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waverley Road (50 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Worthing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worthing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimbledon Park Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Allen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Allen'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Onslow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B2155 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kirkstall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
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