Total Crime Rate

26.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Highfield Avenue area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 359 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 Highfield Avenue (PO14 1HY) in the last 12 months was 26.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower than the Avenue average (41.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Avenue (PO14 1HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfield Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Redlands Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Upper St Michael'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redlands Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gold Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gold Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Michael'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Utah Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallisdean Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Utah Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redlands Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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