Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

102.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 102.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lady 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lady Margaret Hall Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wantage Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Wantage Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wantage Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wallingford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wantage Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuffield Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Tintern Close Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wantage Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tintern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tintern Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tintern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Tintern Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tintern Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinity Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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