Total Crime Rate

713.3 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 713.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 443.3 10/10
  • Public order 83.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 56.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.7 9/10
  • Other theft 30.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.0 10/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wadham Gardens area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown , and the 5th 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 Wadham Gardens (RG24 9XS) in the last 12 months was 713.3 per 1,000 residents and was 762.3% higher than the Sherborne St John & Rooksdown average (82.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 161 (≈ 536.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wadham Gardens (RG24 9XS), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wadham Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Priestley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Priestley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priestley Road —
Sep 2025Other theft St Catherine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anne Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priestley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
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Data Sources

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