Total Crime Rate

218.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 218.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 144.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hargreaves Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hargreaves Close (RG24 9SS) in the last 12 months was 218.9 per 1,000 residents and was 338.2% higher than the Chineham average (50.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hargreaves Close (RG24 9SS), the main crime hotspot is near Browning Close. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hargreaves Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montserrat Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marlowe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bourdillon Gardens —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bourdillon Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourdillon Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bourdillon Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlowe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Irvine Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlowe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Browning Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Mallory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mallory Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Dominica Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wylie Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Messner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lawrence Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawrence Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossetti Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shetland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pershore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowe Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shetland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edmund Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlowe Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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