Total Crime Rate
2856.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1839.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winchester Street area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Brookvale & Kings Furlong , and the highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
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 Winchester Street (RG21 7EE) in the last 12 months was 2856.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1125.5% higher than the Brookvale & Kings Furlong average (233.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 265 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 320 (≈ 1839.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winchester Street (RG21 7EE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 295 crimes here, including 108 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brookvale & Kings Furlong| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfields Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wote Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfields Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fairfields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairfields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elbow Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wote Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elbow Corner | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haymarket Yard | Under investigation |
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