Postcode · Basingstoke
Crime in RG22 5BE
How much crime is recorded in RG22 5BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Buckskin & Worting
- Council
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,282 (2024)
How safe is RG22 5BE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG22 5BE area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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).
RG22 5BENational
Violence and sexual offences24.623.6
Anti-social behaviour5.910.7
Burglary4.49.1
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Public order2.64.6
Other theft2.24.5
Drugs2.02.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Other crime0.71.5
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% 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.