Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chervil Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Clanfield , and the 171st highest crime rate of 410 local areas in East Hampshire .
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 Chervil Close (PO8 0DZ) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.8% higher than the Clanfield average (28.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chervil Close (PO8 0DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lith Avenue, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Well Copse Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horndean Downs| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Down Farm Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lith Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Down Farm Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovage Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lith Avenue | Under investigation |
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