Total Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dingle Way area has the lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Locks Heath , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 356 local areas in Fareham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dingle Way (SO31 6US) in the last 12 months was 3.7 per 1,000 residents and was 87.9% lower than the Locks Heath average (30.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dingle Way (SO31 6US), the main crime hotspot is near Locks Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Park Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Common Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Common Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drake Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Locks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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