Total Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashling Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Denmead , and the 141st highest crime rate of 379 local areas in Winchester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashling Close (PO7 6NQ) in the last 12 months was 49.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.9% higher than the Denmead average (45.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 101.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashling Close (PO7 6NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Southernhay. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Denmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashling Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashling Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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