Total Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weir Close area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cove and Southwood , and the 125th 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 Weir Close (GU14 0BJ) in the last 12 months was 43.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% 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 Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weir Close (GU14 0BJ), 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 | Vehicle crime | Tower Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alison 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 | Kiln Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hunter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kiln Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Montgomery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stirling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gables Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stirling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
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