Total Crime Rate

116.4 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 116.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Other theft 25.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Pearl Cottages area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Blackwater , and the 49th highest crime rate of 407 local areas in Test Valley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pearl Cottages (SO20 8HR) in the last 12 months was 116.4 per 1,000 residents and was 226.9% higher than the Blackwater average (35.6 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pearl Cottages (SO20 8HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orange Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pearl Cottages area

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Data Sources

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