Total Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gordon Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Basing & Upton Grey , and the 175th highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gordon Close (RG21 5PH) in the last 12 months was 69.0 per 1,000 residents and was 96.7% higher than the Basing & Upton Grey average (35.1 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Close (RG21 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nash Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silvester Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silvester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silvester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lewis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bennet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bennet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bennet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silvester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pemerton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silvester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silvester Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doswell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gregory Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norn Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shooters Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nash Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baynard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shooters Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norn Hill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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