Total Crime Rate

367.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 367.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 163.3 10/10
  • Other theft 86.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.5 9/10
  • Public order 25.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Botley Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Locks Heath , and the 5th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Fareham .

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 Botley Road (SO31 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 367.4 per 1,000 residents and was 990.1% higher than the Locks Heath average (33.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 107.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 425.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Botley Road (SO31 1AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Locks Road, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Botley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Red Oaks Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hunts Pond Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Duncan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bastins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middle Road —
Sep 2025Public order Locks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Station Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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