Crime Rates at Buckfast Close, Basingstoke, RG24 9HD

Buckfast Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 50th 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 Buckfast Close (RG24 9HD) in the last 12 months was 162.2 per 1,000 residents and was 236.2% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 128.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckfast Close (RG24 9HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wantage Place, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.