Total Crime Rate
46.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lowe Gardens area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 278th highest crime rate of 580 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 Lowe Gardens (RG24 9TR) in the last 12 months was 46.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lowe Gardens (RG24 9TR), the main crime hotspot is near Tewkesbury Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chineham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Irvine Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Popley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowe Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ilsley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pershore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Messner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tobago Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wylie Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Popley Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edmund Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Popley Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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