Total Crime Rate
272.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsclere Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Leigh Park Central & West Leigh , and the 21st 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 Kingsclere Avenue (PO9 4RY) in the last 12 months was 272.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 216.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsclere Avenue (PO9 4RY), 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 | Fred Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fred Francis Close | — |
| 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 | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Testwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hursley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monkwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Botley Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstbourne Close | 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 | Nutley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Oakley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hursley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsclere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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