Total Crime Rate
363.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beach Road area has the highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Lee East , and the 7th 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 Beach Road (PO13 9FD) in the last 12 months was 363.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1209.5% higher than the Lee East average (27.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 136.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beach Road (PO13 9FD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lee West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Russell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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