Total Crime Rate

227.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

195.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 227.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 195.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingsclere 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsclere Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Rownhams Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warsash Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brockenhurst Avenue Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Locksheath Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Brockenhurst Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hursley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beaulieu Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hurstbourne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fred Francis Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Merryfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bramdean Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Swaythling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monkwood Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Locksheath Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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