Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst , and the 81st 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 Wellington Crescent (RG26 5PJ) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 203.2% higher than the Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst average (41.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Crescent (RG26 5PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Heathlands. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heathlands | Under investigation |
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