Total Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Egerton Drive area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Egerton Drive (RG24 9FG) in the last 12 months was 13.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% 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 4 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). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Egerton Drive (RG24 9FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carter Drive, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ilsley Road (11 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 | Hutchins Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Miles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bye Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Speckled Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kew Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jennings Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Munday Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Miles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gibbons Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carter Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penton Way | — |
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