Total Crime Rate
129.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lady Margaret Hall Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 76th highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lady Margaret Hall Way (RG24 9NS) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 168.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 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 23 (≈ 102.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lady Margaret Hall Way (RG24 9NS), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Wantage Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wantage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nuffield Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tintern Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wantage Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tintern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tintern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tintern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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