Total Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Montgomery Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cove and Southwood , and the 33rd lowest crime rate of 304 local areas in Rushmoor .
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 Montgomery Road (GU14 0AZ) in the last 12 months was 16.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the Cove and Southwood average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson 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 3 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Montgomery Road (GU14 0AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Christophers Place, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montgomery Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cove and Southwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alison Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vickers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hunter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Leaf Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stirling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stirling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cody Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cody Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vickers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Montgomery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tower Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gables Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
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