Total Crime Rate
51.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ayling Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Grange & Alver Valley , and the 116th 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 Ayling Close (PO13 9SA) in the last 12 months was 51.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Grange & Alver Valley average (112.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ayling Close (PO13 9SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mantle Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rambler Drive (21 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 | Franklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Nicholas Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hudson Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakthorn Close | — |
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