Total Crime Rate
186.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bassett 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.
View Crime In Havant| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brockenhurst Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorley Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amport Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amport Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amport Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amport Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kemshott Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strouden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beaulieu Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurstbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Locksheath Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Locksheath Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locksheath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
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