Total Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rope Quays area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 101st highest crime rate of 267 local areas in Gosport .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rope Quays (PO12 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rope Quays (PO12 1EQ), 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 Rope Quays area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flag Staff Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockleshell Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorngate Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pavilion Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mumby Road 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 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordnance Road
Sep 2025Drugs Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mumby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harbour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Salt Meat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salt Meat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Grant Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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