Total Crime Rate

70.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 37.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Highlands Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Fareham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highlands Road (PO15 5PR) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% higher than the Avenue average (41.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 535.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highlands Road (PO15 5PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Neptune Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Appleton Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highlands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appleton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Appleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferneham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valentine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valentine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valentine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neptune Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neptune Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nashe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Appleton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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