Total Crime Rate

416.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 416.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 117.3 9/10
  • Public order 55.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.1 9/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 17.6 9/10
  • Burglary 14.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kings Head Yard area has the 5th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in St Bartholomew , and the 7th highest crime rate of 379 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 Kings Head Yard (SO23 9HB) in the last 12 months was 416.4 per 1,000 residents and was 188.0% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 178.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Head Yard (SO23 9HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 220 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St George'S Street (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Head Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St George'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staple Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staple Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Clement Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Swan Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Black Swan Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St George'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St George'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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