Total Crime Rate

496.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 496.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 198.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 56.7 10/10
  • Burglary 49.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.6 10/10
  • Public order 35.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 21.3 10/10
  • Other theft 21.3 10/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lamerton 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lamerton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haweswater Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft School Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ullswater Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lamerton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lamerton Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haweswater Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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