Total Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Keats Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowplain , and the 12th lowest crime rate of 360 local areas in Havant .
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 Keats Close (PO8 8LA) in the last 12 months was 7.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% lower than the Cowplain average (37.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keats Close (PO8 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dove Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sparrow Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cowplain| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sparrow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlew Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlew Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Close | Under investigation |
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