Total Crime Rate

37.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 37.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hazel Close area has the 26th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 379 local areas in Winchester .

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 Hazel Close (SO21 1DL) in the last 12 months was 37.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% higher than the Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery average (36.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 350.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 157.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hazel Close (SO21 1DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Grove, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazel Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

Crime Over Time in Hazel Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hazel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Aspen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Copse Local resolution

Data Sources

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