Total Crime Rate
56.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Pond Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 267 local areas in Gosport .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Pond Road (PO12 4QL) in the last 12 months was 56.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -31.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Pond Road (PO12 4QL), the main crime hotspot is near Willow Place. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gosport| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kealy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St John'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St John'S Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lees Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lees Lane North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crossways | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keith Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheeler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheeler Close | Under investigation |
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