Total Crime Rate
82.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Terrace area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown , and the 140th highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Terrace (RG23 8HL) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% higher than the Sherborne St John & Rooksdown average (80.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Terrace (RG23 8HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawthorn Way, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spinney Mews (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Winklebury & Manydown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napoleon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Napoleon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Napoleon Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spoonwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hawthorn Way | Under investigation |
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