Total Crime Rate

319.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 319.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 225.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 61.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Woodley Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 9th 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 Woodley Road (PO12 1RT) in the last 12 months was 319.4 per 1,000 residents and was 188.3% higher than the Forton average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodley Road (PO12 1RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Henry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Anchorage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hornet Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Thornbrake Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Thornbrake Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 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 Henry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Stoke Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crossland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Crossland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Crossland Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Crossland Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Molesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Leventhorpe Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Stoke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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