Total Crime Rate

354.8 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 354.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 196.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Tennyson Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 8th 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 Tennyson Gardens (PO12 1LW) in the last 12 months was 354.8 per 1,000 residents and was 199.1% higher than the Forton average (118.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Gardens (PO12 1LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stoke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stoke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Prince Of Wales Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jamaica Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Jamaica Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Battenburg Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Edward'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Old Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Anchorage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Anchorage Under investigation

Data Sources

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