Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Verdi Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Brighton Hill , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 580 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 Verdi Close (RG22 4JE) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% higher than the Brighton Hill average (64.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Verdi Close (RG22 4JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Handel Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Verdi Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lehar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Handel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Barber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barber Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barber Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lehar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gershwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gershwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chopin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lehar Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handel Close Local resolution

Data Sources

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