Total Crime Rate

457.8 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 457.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 200.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 95.1 9/10
  • Other theft 31.7 10/10
  • Drugs 28.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Burglary 21.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.6 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Toronto Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Forton , and the 5th highest crime rate of 267 local areas in Gosport .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Toronto Place (PO12 4UZ) in the last 12 months was 457.8 per 1,000 residents and was 285.9% higher than the Forton average (118.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 211.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Toronto Place (PO12 4UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cottage Grove, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St John'S Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Toronto Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Pond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Willow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armstrong Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sydney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lear Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lear Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Andrew'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Andrew'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St John'S Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Square

Data Sources

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