Total Crime Rate
583.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunsbury Way area has the highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Leigh Park Central & West Leigh , and the 5th 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 5BQ) in the last 12 months was 583.8 per 1,000 residents and was 260.0% 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 Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 200.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 137.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunsbury Way (PO9 5BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Parade, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 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 | Shoplifting | Basing Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Basing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellisfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellisfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Basing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellisfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellisfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellisfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxcott Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riders Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunsbury Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Billys Copse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Little Hackets | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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