Total Crime Rate
129.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bedford Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 39th highest crime rate of 356 local areas in Fareham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bedford Drive (PO14 4FG) in the last 12 months was 129.2 per 1,000 residents and was 219.9% higher than the Avenue average (40.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 438.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedford Drive (PO14 4FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Louis Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Noble Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fareham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maude Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maude Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsanta Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Louis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Louis Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Louis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Brook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Drive | — |
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