Total Crime Rate

81.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
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

Monkwood Close area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Leigh Park Central & West Leigh , and the 120th highest crime rate of 361 local areas in Havant .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Monkwood Close (PO9 4QE) in the last 12 months was 81.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monkwood Close (PO9 4QE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Monkwood Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woolston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Brockenhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brockenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brockenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brockenhurst Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tichborne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Oakley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nutley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurstbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurstbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Amport Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemshott Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Swaythling Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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