Total Crime Rate

53.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Defiance Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Andover Downlands , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 407 local areas in Test Valley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Defiance Way (SP11 6TQ) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher than the Andover Downlands average (53.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Defiance Way (SP11 6TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Defiance Way, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stalls Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Defiance Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Defiance Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picket Twenty Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telegraph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Settler Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furlong Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Settler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Quicksilver Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Defiance Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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