Total Crime Rate
135.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoke Gardens area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 50th 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 Stoke Gardens (PO12 1SA) in the last 12 months was 135.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoke Gardens (PO12 1SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mayfield Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gosport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Daisy Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thornbrake Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornbrake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Andrew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leventhorpe Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stoke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Andrew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stoke Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nelson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Molesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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