Total Crime Rate

130.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.5 10/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Dryden Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Hart Plain , and the 64th highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Havant .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dryden Close (PO7 6AJ) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% higher than the Hart Plain average (77.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 172.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dryden Close (PO7 6AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Chaucer Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dryden Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlowe Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlowe Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlowe Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pyrford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Barney Evans Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wedgwood Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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