Total Crime Rate
58.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Empire Walk area has the 19th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Binsted, Bentley & Selborne , and the 129th highest crime rate of 412 local areas in East Hampshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Empire Walk (GU35 0GA) in the last 12 months was 58.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% higher than the Binsted, Bentley & Selborne average (43.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 77.8% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Empire Walk (GU35 0GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haweswater Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Signal Hill Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Binsted, Bentley & Selborne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eric Tubb Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Signal Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haweswater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haweswater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barbados Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Signal Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Signal Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Signal Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Signal Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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