Total Crime Rate

51.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Battery Hill area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in St Luke , and the 131st highest 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 Battery Hill (SO22 4BY) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% lower than the St Luke average (60.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Battery Hill (SO22 4BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mildmay Street, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Valley (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Battery Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wheatland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Somers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Keble Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobbett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobbett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobbett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mildmay Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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