Total Crime Rate
118.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wordsworth Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 89th highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Close (RG24 9DF) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 145.1% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 86.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wordsworth Close (RG24 9DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Browning Close, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mullins Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Popley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Len Smart Court | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aspen Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cherry Tree Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Len Smart Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Len Smart Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Len Smart Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Messner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlowe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forsythia Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forsythia Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rossetti Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forsythia Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jefferson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mullins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mullins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mullins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jefferson Road | Under investigation |
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