Total Crime Rate
114.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broom Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Stakes , and the 81st highest crime rate of 360 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 Broom Close (PO7 8DN) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher than the Stakes average (60.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broom Close (PO7 8DN), the main crime hotspot is near Lavender Road. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stakes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broom Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broom Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurus Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jasmine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvan View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombardy Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lantana Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dogwood Dell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweetbriar Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweetbriar Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sweetbriar Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Frendstaple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tamarisk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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