Total Crime Rate
159.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elmhurst Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Fareham Town , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 356 local areas in Fareham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elmhurst Road (PO16 0PU) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% lower than the Fareham Town average (166.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 118.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmhurst Road (PO16 0PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (45 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 | Hartland'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belvoir Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvoir Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Quay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hartland'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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