Total Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sussex Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Bartholomew , and the 66th highest crime rate of 380 local areas in Winchester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sussex Street (SO23 8TH) in the last 12 months was 81.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sussex Street (SO23 8TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Clement Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Winchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clement Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | City Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clement Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upper High Street | Local resolution |
| 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 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | 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 | Public order | Jewry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Albion Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Black Swan Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Black Swan Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Swan Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Swan Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Clement Street | Under investigation |
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