Total Crime Rate
17.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Friary Meadow area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 356 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 17.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% lower than the Avenue average (40.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
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 ( -53.8% 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 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Valerian Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fareham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barnes Wallis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whiteley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poinsettia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poinsettia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Croft | Under investigation |
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