Total Crime Rate
354.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tennyson 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.
View Crime In Forton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oak Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stoke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hilton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jamaica Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Battenburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alver Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Edward'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Anchorage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Anchorage | Under investigation |
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