Total Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Driftway Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Hartley Wintney , and the 51st highest crime rate of 298 local areas in Hart .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Driftway Road (RG27 9SB) in the last 12 months was 75.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% higher than the Hartley Wintney average (64.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Driftway Road (RG27 9SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bartley Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pexalls Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pexalls Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartley Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appletree Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appletree Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bartley Way | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wild Herons | Under investigation |
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