Total Crime Rate
209.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newbolt Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowplain , and the 31st 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 Newbolt Close (PO8 8SS) in the last 12 months was 209.5 per 1,000 residents and was 456.1% higher than the Cowplain average (37.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newbolt Close (PO8 8SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Albretia Avenue, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grebe Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hart Plain| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albretia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albretia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albretia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maytree Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spinney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albretia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Thrush Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albretia Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thrush Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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