Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 200.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Public order 30.8 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Water Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Bartholomew , and the 19th 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 Water Lane (SO23 0ES) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% higher than the St Bartholomew average (144.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 117.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Lane (SO23 0ES), the main crime hotspot is near Silver Hill. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Lane Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tanner Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brook Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Brook Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Eastgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tanner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Durngate Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Silver Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Silver Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Silver Hill Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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