Total Crime Rate
246.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Farnborough Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Empress , and the 19th 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 Farnborough Road (GU14 6BB) in the last 12 months was 246.5 per 1,000 residents and was 104.5% higher than the Empress average (120.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -78.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farnborough Road (GU14 6BB), the main crime hotspot is near Kenley Place. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Empress| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blenheim Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cranwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kenley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kenley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Guildford Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Blenheim Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornchurch Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottesmore Place | Under investigation |
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