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Crime in RG19 8AP
How much crime is recorded in RG19 8AP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kingsclere & Heath End
- Council
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,846 (2024)
How safe is RG19 8AP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG19 8AP area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
RG19 8APNational
Burglary15.19.1
Violence and sexual offences12.023.6
Other theft2.74.5
Public order2.64.6
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Other crime1.71.5
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Shoplifting0.38.4
Drugs0.22.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.