Total Crime Rate
129.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marrelsmoor Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Denmead , and the 30th highest crime rate of 380 local areas in Winchester .
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 Marrelsmoor Avenue (PO7 5GH) in the last 12 months was 129.6 per 1,000 residents and was 212.7% higher than the Denmead average (41.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marrelsmoor Avenue (PO7 5GH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowdray Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nevinson Way (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southwick and Wickham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nevinson Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cavell Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sassoon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Close | — |
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