Total Crime Rate
658.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harbour Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 267 local areas in Gosport .
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 Harbour Road (PO12 1BG) in the last 12 months was 658.4 per 1,000 residents and was 455.0% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 242.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harbour Road (PO12 1BG), the main crime hotspot is near Ordnance Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Forton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | South Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Path | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thorngate Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordnance Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockleshell Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thorngate Way | Under investigation |
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