Total Crime Rate
346.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Longfield Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 9th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Fareham .
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 Longfield Avenue (PO14 1LJ) in the last 12 months was 346.0 per 1,000 residents and was 734.2% higher than the Avenue average (41.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 183.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longfield Avenue (PO14 1LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Avenue| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butser Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnfield Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Butser Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnfield Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishopsfield Road | — |
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