Total Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highfield 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.
View Crime In Avenue| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redlands Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upper St Michael'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gold Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gold Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Michael'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Utah Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallisdean Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Utah Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redlands Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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