Total Crime Rate
65.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Borough Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Petersfield Bell Hill , and the 104th highest crime rate of 410 local areas in East Hampshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (GU32 3LD) in the last 12 months was 65.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% higher than the Petersfield Bell Hill average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 350.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Borough Road (GU32 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Square (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lavant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goodyer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodyer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodyer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodyer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lavant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lavant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drum Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lavant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drum Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lavant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheep Street | — |
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