Total Crime Rate

132.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 70.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kennet Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Oakley & The Candovers , and the 74th highest crime rate of 580 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 Kennet Way (RG23 7AB) in the last 12 months was 132.8 per 1,000 residents and was 131.6% higher than the Oakley & The Candovers average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kennet Way (RG23 7AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Litton Gardens, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glamis Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kennet Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glamis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Litton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Litton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Glamis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stour Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stour Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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