Total Crime Rate
81.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Monkwood 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.
View Crime In Leigh Park Central & West Leigh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woolston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brockenhurst Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brockenhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tichborne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutley Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Brockenhurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Amport Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemshott Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling 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 |
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