Total Crime Rate

658.4 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 658.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 174.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 156.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 74.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 64.1 10/10
  • Public order 49.8 10/10
  • Other theft 46.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 32.0 10/10
  • Drugs 21.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.7 10/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
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

Harbour 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.

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Crime Over Time in Harbour Road area

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

Data Sources

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