Total Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Alton Eastbrooke , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 410 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 Church Street (GU34 2DA) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% higher than the Alton Eastbrooke average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (GU34 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steeple Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nether Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chauntsingers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spitalfields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oliver Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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