Total Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marston Walk area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 204th highest 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 Marston Walk (RG24 9FS) in the last 12 months was 58.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marston Walk (RG24 9FS), the main crime hotspot is near Wantage Place. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sherborne St John & Rooksdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fountains Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romsey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fountains Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fountains Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wantage Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fisher Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wantage Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wantage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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