Total Crime Rate
227.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsclere Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Leigh Park Central & West Leigh , and the 26th highest crime rate of 360 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 227.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% higher than the Leigh Park Central & West Leigh average (135.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 195.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% 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 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brockenhurst Avenue (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Havant| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rownhams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warsash Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brockenhurst Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Locksheath Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockenhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brockenhurst Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hursley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beaulieu Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurstbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fred Francis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merryfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bramdean Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swaythling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locksheath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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