Total Crime Rate
11.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Orchard area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Denmead , and the 36th lowest crime rate of 379 local areas in Winchester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Orchard (PO7 6YG) in the last 12 months was 11.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower than the Denmead average (45.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2022.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Orchard (PO7 6YG), 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 | The Spring | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashling Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southernhay | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside Close | — |
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