Total Crime Rate
65.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheyne Way area has the 30th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Cherrywood , and the 126th highest 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 Cheyne Way (GU14 8SA) in the last 12 months was 65.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the Cherrywood average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheyne Way (GU14 8SA), the main crime hotspot is near Ratcliffe Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ratcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ratcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Curly Bridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ratcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ratcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ratcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ratcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ratcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ratcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St David'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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