Total Crime Rate

42.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Pewsey Close area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Kempshott & Buckskin , and the 284th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pewsey Close (RG22 5ED) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% lower than the Kempshott & Buckskin average (49.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pewsey Close (RG22 5ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wiltshire Crescent, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berwyn Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pewsey Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wiltshire Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chippenham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warham Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devizes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devizes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upavon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upavon Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Close Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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