Total Crime Rate

272.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 272.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 195.3 10/10
  • Other crime 17.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kingsclere 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsclere Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fred Francis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
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 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fred Francis Close
Sep 2025Public order Warsash Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warsash Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Testwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hursley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Swaythling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Monkwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Botley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurstbourne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurstbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurstbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nutley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Oakley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hursley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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