Postcode sector · Winchester
Crime in SO23 3
How much crime is recorded in SO23 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Winchester
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 3,567 (2024)
How safe is SO23 3
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in SO23 3, 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
29.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
92
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).
SO23 3National
Violence and sexual offences24.323.6
Shoplifting23.58.4
Burglary14.19.1
Public order10.34.6
Drugs7.92.4
Other theft7.04.5
Anti-social behaviour6.710.7
Criminal damage and arson5.14.7
Robbery1.11.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- SO23 3AY
- SO23 3DQ
- SO23 3FR
- SO23 3HD
- SO23 3LT
- SO23 3LY
- SO23 3NH
- SO23 3NP
- SO23 3NR
- SO23 3NT
- SO23 3NU
- SO23 3NW
- SO23 3NX
- SO23 3PB
- SO23 3PH
- SO23 3PJ
- SO23 3PT
- SO23 3QT
- SO23 3RA
- SO23 3RB
- SO23 3RD
- SO23 3RF
- SO23 3RQ
- SO23 3RU
- SO23 3RX
- SO23 3RY
- SO23 3SA
- SO23 3SB
- SO23 3SD
- SO23 3SE
- SO23 3SF
- SO23 3SG
- SO23 3SH
- SO23 3SJ
- SO23 3SL
- SO23 3SN
- SO23 3SP
- SO23 3SQ
- SO23 3SR
- SO23 3SS
- SO23 3ST
- SO23 3SU
- SO23 3SW
- SO23 3SX
- SO23 3SY
- SO23 3SZ
- SO23 3TA
- SO23 3TB