Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winchester Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Bishop's Waltham , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 380 local areas in Winchester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winchester Road (SO32 1BD) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% lower than the Bishop's Waltham average (59.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winchester Road (SO32 1BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bosworth Gardens (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elizabeth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bosworth Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B2177 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pondside Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Battery Hill | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pondside Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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