Crime Rate in St Michael, ward

St Michael has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 wards in Winchester district and the 2777th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 367th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Michael in the last 12 months was 79.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.3% higher than the Winchester district average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Michael’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 373 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 87.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 485 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Michael ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 220 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St George'S Street (70 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.