Total Crime Rate

79.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 79.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.7 6/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.6 2/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vicarage Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Blackwater and Hawley , and the 47th highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Hart .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (GU17 9BE) in the last 12 months was 79.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% higher than the Blackwater and Hawley average (42.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 205.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (GU17 9BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Admiralty Way, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackwater (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Admiralty Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Admiralty Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Admiralty Way —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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