Total Crime Rate
293.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Somerset Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Binsted, Bentley & Selborne , and the 5th 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 Somerset Avenue (GU35 0BE) in the last 12 months was 293.4 per 1,000 residents and was 604.1% higher than the Binsted, Bentley & Selborne average (41.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 143.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somerset Avenue (GU35 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitehill Chase| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalet Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Somerset Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Essex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manica Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heathcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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