Total Crime Rate
219.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
165.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scholars Walk area has the 4th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Cherrywood , and the 22nd 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 Scholars Walk (GU14 8UL) in the last 12 months was 219.5 per 1,000 residents and was 143.9% higher 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 7.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 165.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scholars Walk (GU14 8UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belstone Mews (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cherrywood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Almond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Almond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldwick Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherrywood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bracklesham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Austen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sand Hill Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belstone Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belstone Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belstone Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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