Total Crime Rate
20.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Western Way area has the lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in South Ham , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 574 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 Western Way (RG22 6EY) in the last 12 months was 20.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.7% lower than the South Ham average (99.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Western Way (RG22 6EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carpenters Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichester Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chichester Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Patrick'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patrick'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Buckland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Patrick'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | White House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelvin Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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