Total Crime Rate
497.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hazel Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cove and Southwood , and the 4th highest crime rate of 304 local areas in Rushmoor .
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 Hazel Avenue (GU14 0EF) in the last 12 months was 497.4 per 1,000 residents and was 438.0% higher than the Cove and Southwood average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 139 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 167.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hazel Avenue (GU14 0EF), the main crime hotspot is near St Christophers Place. Police recorded 174 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cove and Southwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Christopher'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottage Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cottage Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Halifax Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Montgomery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Christophers Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dene Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dene Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Christophers Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Christophers Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Christophers Place | Under investigation |
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