Total Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paxton Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 356 local areas in Fareham .
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 Paxton Road (PO14 1AB) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Avenue average (40.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paxton Road (PO14 1AB), the main crime hotspot is near Craigbank Court. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Fareham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dryden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craigbank Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craigbank Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craigbank Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craigbank Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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