Total Crime Rate
424.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Middle Park Way area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Leigh Park Hermitage , and the 8th highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Havant .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middle Park Way (PO9 4NQ) in the last 12 months was 424.1 per 1,000 residents and was 326.3% 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 Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 146.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middle Park Way (PO9 4NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swaythling Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brockenhurst Avenue (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leigh Park Hermitage| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whaddon Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brockenhurst Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brockenhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warnford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warnford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brockenhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockenhurst Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemshott Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monkwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sunwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Botley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sunwood Road | Under investigation |
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