Total Crime Rate
98.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gerald Square area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Alton Eastbrooke , and the 57th highest crime rate of 410 local areas in East Hampshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gerald Square (GU34 2NP) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -52.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gerald Square (GU34 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Manor Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hall Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martins Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martins Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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