Total Crime Rate

582.3 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 582.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 291.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.6 10/10
  • Public order 82.3 10/10
  • Drugs 19.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 19.0 6/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 12.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 3rd 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 High Street (PO12 1EE) in the last 12 months was 582.3 per 1,000 residents and was 390.9% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 386.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (PO12 1EE), 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 High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mumby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mumby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorngate Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordnance Road
Sep 2025Drugs Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Local resolution
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 2025Public order Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way 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 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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