Total Crime Rate
189.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chaffinch Green area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Cowplain , and the 36th 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 Chaffinch Green (PO8 9UH) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 403.6% higher 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 101.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chaffinch Green (PO8 9UH), the main crime hotspot is near Thrush Walk. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hart Plain| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaffinch Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaffinch Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thrush Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reed Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Baker Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlew Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlew Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Thrush Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Budd Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaffinch Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hudson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaffinch Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chaffinch Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hudson Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hudson Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sparrow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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