Total Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheriton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Barnabas , and the 110th highest crime rate of 380 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 Cheriton Road (SO22 5AX) in the last 12 months was 60.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% higher than the St Barnabas average (44.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheriton Road (SO22 5AX), the main crime hotspot is near West Hill Drive. Police recorded 194 crimes here, including 122 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Winchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nursery Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nursery Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Middle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Firs | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Hill Drive | Under investigation |
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