Total Crime Rate
194.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brockenhurst Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Leigh Park Central & West Leigh , and the 31st 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 Brockenhurst Avenue (PO9 4NT) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% higher than the Leigh Park Central & West Leigh average (162.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 139.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockenhurst Avenue (PO9 4NT), 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 Central & West Leigh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fred Francis Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fred Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warnford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fred Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Warsash Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warsash Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warsash Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fred Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fred Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Conford Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conford Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warnford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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