Total Crime Rate

121.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

80.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 80.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knight Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Brookvale & Kings Furlong , and the 84th highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knight Street (RG21 8AX) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knight Street (RG21 8AX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knight Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Townsend Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawrencedale Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lawrencedale Court Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Packenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goodman Close —
Apr 2026Burglary Goodman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Goodman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Goodman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodman Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Antar Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rookery Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Roundmead Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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