Total Crime Rate

129.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 26.4 7/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Robbery 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Searls Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Hartley Wintney , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Hart .

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 Searls Lane (RG27 9FD) in the last 12 months was 129.2 per 1,000 residents and was 104.4% higher than the Hartley Wintney average (63.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 528.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Searls Lane (RG27 9FD), the main crime hotspot is near Doctors Acre. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Searls Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Layland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Four Acre Coppice Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pantile Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitewater Rise —
Sep 2025Public order Rowlandson Way Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowlandson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Wheatfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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