Total Crime Rate

15.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 15.4 2/10
  • Violent crimes 12.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.2 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beech Drive area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 574 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 Beech Drive (RG24 8LR) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% lower than the Chineham average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Drive (RG24 8LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Guinea Court, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Catkin Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Guinea Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Guinea Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sorrell'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Four Lanes Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowman Road
Apr 2026Public order Guinea Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Guinea Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Guinea Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Guinea Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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