Crime Rates at Leigh Road, Fareham, PO16 7ST

Leigh Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Avenue , and the 109th highest crime rate of 359 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 Leigh Road (PO16 7ST) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.4% higher than the Avenue average (41.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leigh Road (PO16 7ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.