Crime Rates at Post Office Lane, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AE

Post Office Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Oakley & The Candovers , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 574 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 Post Office Lane (RG25 2AE) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% higher than the Oakley & The Candovers average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Post Office Lane (RG25 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Post Office Lane, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queensfield (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.