Total Crime Rate

172.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 172.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Merchistoun Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horndean Catherington , and the 22nd 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 Merchistoun Road (PO8 9LX) in the last 12 months was 172.8 per 1,000 residents and was 432.0% higher than the Horndean Catherington average (32.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -91.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 94.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Merchistoun Road (PO8 9LX), the main crime hotspot is near Bowes-Lyon Court. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Merchistoun Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Orchard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rodney Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jodrell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Orchard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodney Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rodney Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rodney Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nelson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rodney Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bowes-Lyon Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Ann'S Road —
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Data Sources

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