Total Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.3 5/10
  • Violent crimes 28.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avenue Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 267 local areas in Gosport .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avenue Road (PO12 1LA) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% lower than the Forton average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (PO12 1LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sydney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pearce Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Stoke Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Prince Of Wales Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Anchorage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pearce Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Pearce Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Leventhorpe Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Woodstock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stoke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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