Total Crime Rate

235.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 235.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.2 10/10
  • Other theft 29.9 10/10
  • Burglary 21.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Drugs 17.1 9/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Clarence Parade area has the 10th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 90th 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 Clarence Parade (PO5 3RJ) in the last 12 months was 235.0 per 1,000 residents and was 179.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 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 24 (≈ 102.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarence Parade (PO5 3RJ), the main crime hotspot is near Palmerston Road. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clarence Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Judes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elphinstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tonbridge Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tonbridge Street —
Sep 2025Public order St Judes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Parade —
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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