Total Crime Rate

473.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 473.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 227.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 80.4 9/10
  • Public order 44.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.3 10/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

North Cross Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 4th highest crime rate of 267 local areas in Gosport .

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 North Cross Street (PO12 1BE) in the last 12 months was 473.2 per 1,000 residents and was 298.9% higher than the Forton average (118.6 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 276.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Cross Street (PO12 1BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ordnance Road (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Cross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorngate Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minnitt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Path Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Path Under investigation

Data Sources

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