Total Crime Rate

124.1 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 124.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 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

Place Lane area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery , and the 31st highest crime rate of 379 local areas in Winchester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Place Lane (SO21 2BA) in the last 12 months was 124.1 per 1,000 residents and was 236.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Place Lane (SO21 2BA), the main crime hotspot is near Carmans Lane. Police recorded 3 crimes here, including 3 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

Crime Over Time in Place Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmans Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Carmans Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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