Total Crime Rate

186.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

121.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 186.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 121.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.8 9/10
  • Public order 22.8 9/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bassett Walk area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Leigh Park Hermitage , and the 39th 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 Bassett Walk (PO9 4NA) in the last 12 months was 186.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 121.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bassett Walk (PO9 4NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swaythling Road, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brockenhurst Avenue (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bassett Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Brockenhurst Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gorley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Amport Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amport Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amport Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amport Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kemshott Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strouden Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beaulieu Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hurstbourne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conford Court
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woolston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monkwood Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Locksheath Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Locksheath Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Locksheath Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portswood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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