Total Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sandown Close area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Blackwater and Hawley , and the 120th highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Hart .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandown Close (GU17 0EL) in the last 12 months was 39.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower than the Blackwater and Hawley average (42.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandown Close (GU17 0EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamble Avenue, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rosemary Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackwater and Hawley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Ride | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamble Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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