Total Crime Rate
705.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
282.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jewry Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Bartholomew , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 380 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 Jewry Street (SO23 8SB) in the last 12 months was 705.7 per 1,000 residents and was 402.0% higher than the St Bartholomew average (140.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 282.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jewry Street (SO23 8SB), 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 | Drugs | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swan Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Robbery | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Staple Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Albion Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tower 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 | Drugs | Upper High Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gordon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clement Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jewry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St George'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Clement Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Clement Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kings Head Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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