Total Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chineham Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bramley , and the 102nd 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 Chineham Lane (RG24 9LR) in the last 12 months was 16.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% lower than the Bramley average (33.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chineham Lane (RG24 9LR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | 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 | Other theft | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wantage Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wantage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kidlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wantage Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wantage Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallingford Road | Under investigation |
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