Total Crime Rate

583.8 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 583.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 185.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 59.9 10/10
  • Public order 50.9 10/10
  • Burglary 18.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 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

High Lawn 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 High Lawn Way (PO9 5BS) 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 High Lawn Way (PO9 5BS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Lawn Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Owslebury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockheath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Billys Copse Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stockheath Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Basing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Basing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Basing Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somborne Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Parade
Sep 2025Other theft Stockheath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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