Total Crime Rate
2856.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1839.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jacobs Yard 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 Jacobs Yard (RG21 7PE) 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 Jacobs Yard (RG21 7PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 295 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (117 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brookvale & Kings Furlong| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anchor Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anchor Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anchor Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Seal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Lion Lane | Under investigation |
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