Total Crime Rate
380.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
203.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Gosport Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Fareham Town , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 356 local areas in Fareham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Gosport Road (PO16 0QR) in the last 12 months was 380.1 per 1,000 residents and was 128.4% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 203.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Gosport Road (PO16 0QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eden Rise (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fareham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belvoir Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Quay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mainsail Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvoir Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Johns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hartland'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartland'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland'S Road | Under investigation |
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