Total Crime Rate
12.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Serpentine Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Fareham Town , and the 41st 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 Serpentine Road (PO16 7EE) in the last 12 months was 12.0 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% lower than the Fareham Town average (166.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Serpentine Road (PO16 7EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coghlan Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hanover Gardens (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fareham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coghlan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coghlan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coghlan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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