Total Crime Rate
178.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arlington Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Bartholomew , and the 20th highest crime rate of 380 local areas in Winchester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Arlington Place (SO23 7TR) in the last 12 months was 178.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% higher than the St Bartholomew average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arlington Place (SO23 7TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Winchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Valentines Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birinus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Albion Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Valentines Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swan Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jewry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Brook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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