Total Crime Rate
180.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025College Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Petersfield Bell Hill , and the 19th highest crime rate of 412 local areas in East Hampshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around College Street (GU31 4FH) in the last 12 months was 180.6 per 1,000 residents and was 209.3% higher than the Petersfield Bell Hill average (58.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 92.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Street (GU31 4FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Petersfield Bell Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowen Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Merritts Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dragon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grenehurst Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Winton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
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