Total Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lowe Gardens area has the 30th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 247th highest 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 Lowe Gardens (RG24 9TR) in the last 12 months was 49.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lowe Gardens (RG24 9TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montserrat Place, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tewkesbury Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Popley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Speckled Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pershore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Popley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Popley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montserrat Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montserrat Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bermuda Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tobago Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pershore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montserrat Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pershore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pershore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bermuda Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bermuda Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bermuda Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Irvine Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malta Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Montserrat Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Messner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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