Total Crime Rate

80.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ambrose Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Blackwater , and the 97th highest crime rate of 407 local areas in Test Valley .

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 Ambrose Way (SO51 0BF) in the last 12 months was 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 125.2% higher than the Blackwater average (35.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 331.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ambrose Way (SO51 0BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hodinott Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Magnolia Walk (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ambrose Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hodinott Close —
Sep 2025Public order Minchin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadham Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chivers Road —
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Data Sources

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