Total Crime Rate

13.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 13.9 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Highfield Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery , and the 43rd lowest crime rate of 379 local areas in Winchester .

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 Highfield Avenue (SO21 1QP) in the last 12 months was 13.9 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Avenue (SO21 1QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Street, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dolphin Hill (2 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 Highfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brewers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Roman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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