Total Crime Rate

201.3 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 201.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.6 10/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Essex Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Brookvale & Kings Furlong , and the 36th 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 Essex Road (RG21 7BN) in the last 12 months was 201.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the Brookvale & Kings Furlong average (236.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Essex Road (RG21 7BN), the main crime hotspot is near Winterthur Way. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Essex Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Welton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Flaxfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flaxfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elbow Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elbow Corner Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winterthur Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Welton Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winterthur Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winterthur Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rochford Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elbow Corner —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Flaxfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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