Total Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.9 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Friary Meadow area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 134th 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 Friary Meadow (PO15 5FB) in the last 12 months was 26.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friary Meadow (PO15 5FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jacaranda Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Cottage Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Friary Meadow area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Cottage Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Talbot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orpine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Cottage Drive Local resolution

Data Sources

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