Total Crime Rate

169.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woolston Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Leigh Park Hermitage , and the 41st highest crime rate of 361 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 Woolston Road (PO9 4JQ) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% higher than the Leigh Park Hermitage average (99.5 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 127.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woolston Road (PO9 4JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swaythling Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thruxton Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woolston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whaddon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whaddon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gorley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Amport Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sunwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thruxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sunwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warnford Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warnford Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Monkwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newmer Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thruxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thruxton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemshott Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxley Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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