Total Crime Rate

85.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Romsey Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Battle , and the 189th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

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 Romsey Road (RG30 6UN) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% lower than the Battle average (115.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 733.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Romsey Road (RG30 6UN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Romsey Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ringwood Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thirlmere Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranbourne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wimborne Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranbourne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cranbourne Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranbourne Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Romany Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Romany Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romany Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ringwood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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