Total Crime Rate

194.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 194.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunsbury Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Leigh Park Central & West Leigh , and the 31st 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 Dunsbury Way (PO9 5BD) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 139.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunsbury Way (PO9 5BD), the main crime hotspot is near Brockenhurst Avenue. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dunsbury Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fred Francis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hursley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hursley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brockenhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brockenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brockenhurst Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsclere Avenue Under investigation
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Fred Francis Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nutley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fred Francis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Oakley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fred Francis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marchwood Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Brockenhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Billys Copse Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Little Hackets Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brockenhurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fred Francis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Meadow Under investigation

Data Sources

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