Total Crime Rate
55.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Purbrook Way area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Leigh Park Hermitage , and the 177th highest crime rate of 360 local areas in Havant .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Purbrook Way (PO9 3SQ) in the last 12 months was 55.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower than the Leigh Park Hermitage average (98.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Purbrook Way (PO9 3SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Havant| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linkenholt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linkenholt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park House Farm Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park House Farm Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bransgore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaitford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hordle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dibden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hordle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hordle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaitford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hordle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boldre Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyhaven Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Awbridge Road | Under investigation |
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