Crime Rate in Harbourside & Town, ward

Harbourside & Town has the highest crime rate of 14 wards in Gosport district and the 167th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 23rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Harbourside & Town in the last 12 months was 254.8 per 1,000 residents and was 189.5% higher than the Gosport district average (88.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Harbourside & Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 495 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 81.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -54.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 642 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Harbourside & Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 231 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (71 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.