Postcode · Winchester
Crime in SO22 5QR
How much crime is recorded in SO22 5QR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oliver's Battery and Hursley
- Council
- Winchester
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,101 (2024)
SO22 5QRWinchester
How safe is SO22 5QR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 11.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SO22 5QR area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
11.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
22
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).
SO22 5QRNational
Burglary9.99.1
Violence and sexual offences6.623.6
Public order2.84.6
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Other theft2.44.5
Anti-social behaviour2.210.7
Drugs1.32.4
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Other crime0.31.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.