Total Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Medway Drive area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Fernhill , and the 36th lowest crime rate of 304 local areas in Rushmoor .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Medway Drive (GU14 9LS) in the last 12 months was 17.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% lower than the Fernhill average (71.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Medway Drive (GU14 9LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawley Court, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fernhill Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Road | Under investigation |
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