Total Crime Rate

143.7 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 143.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.6 7/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Burglary 11.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Middleton Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Norden , and the 64th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Middleton Gardens (RG21 5GZ) in the last 12 months was 143.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% higher than the Norden average (111.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 82.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Gardens (RG21 5GZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middleton Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bay Tree Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Normanton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marshall Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lyford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normanton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bay Tree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norden Close
Sep 2025Other theft Lyford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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