Total Crime Rate
496.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lamerton Close area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Binsted, Bentley & Selborne , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 412 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 Lamerton Close (GU35 0HZ) in the last 12 months was 496.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1031.4% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 234.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lamerton Close (GU35 0HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Road, where police recorded 34 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.
View Crime In Binsted, Bentley & Selborne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haweswater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | School Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lamerton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamerton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haweswater Close | Under investigation |
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