Total Crime Rate
5.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pentney Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Oakley & The Candovers , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pentney Close (RG25 3BF) in the last 12 months was 5.1 per 1,000 residents and was 91.1% lower than the Oakley & The Candovers average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentney Close (RG25 3BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Battens Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Battens Avenue | — |
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