Total Crime Rate
80.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Warwick Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown , and the 150th 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 Warwick Road (RG23 8EA) in the last 12 months was 80.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% lower than the Sherborne St John & Rooksdown average (82.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 280.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 280.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warwick Road (RG23 8EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coppice Mews, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lilac Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sherborne St John & Rooksdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coppice Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coppice Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawthorn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dover Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harlech Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlech Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ludlow Gardens | — |
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