Total Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marston Gate area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Bartholomew , and the 114th highest crime rate of 380 local areas in Winchester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marston Gate (SO23 7DS) in the last 12 months was 58.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.2% lower than the St Bartholomew average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marston Gate (SO23 7DS), the main crime hotspot is near St George'S Street. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 67 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 | Public order | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tower Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staple Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Head Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clement Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clement Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Hill | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Clement Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St George'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St George'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
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