Total Crime Rate

218.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 218.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 133.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.9 9/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Browning Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 32nd 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 Browning Close (RG24 9DQ) in the last 12 months was 218.4 per 1,000 residents and was 352.9% higher than the Chineham average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Close (RG24 9DQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Browning Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourdillon Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Browning Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Messner Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aspen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cherry Tree Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Len Smart Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Browning Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Len Smart Court Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Len Smart Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Rossetti Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dryden Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marlowe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bourdillon Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourdillon Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bourdillon Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Browning Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Len Smart Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forsythia Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mullins Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forsythia Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jefferson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forsythia Walk —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jefferson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mullins Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mullins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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