Total Crime Rate

250.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 250.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 140.6 10/10
  • Public order 31.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gosport Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Fareham Town , and the 11th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Fareham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gosport Road (PO16 0SY) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% higher than the Fareham Town average (161.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 179.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 170.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gosport Road (PO16 0SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gosport Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hoeford Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gosport Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gosport Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Laburnum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoeford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Geoffrey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gosport Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gosport Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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