Total Crime Rate

8.7 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 8.7 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Vears Lane area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery , and the 21st 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 Vears Lane (SO21 1TQ) in the last 12 months was 8.7 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vears Lane (SO21 1TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackthorn Green, where police recorded 7 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 Vears Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aspen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finches Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackthorn Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wessex Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hazel Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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