Crime in New Alresford
Recorded crime in New Alresford is 0.6 times the Winchester average and 0.4 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 39%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of New Alresford: about 5,412 residents in 5 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 8/10Low crime
- Living
- 6.0/10Fair
- 5-year change
- −39%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 0.6×the Winchester average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of New Alresford.
Crime over 5 years
Down 39% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of New Alresford, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.6× the Winchester average (0.4× the England and Wales average). 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 64% of the harm here
- Burglary: 17% of the harm here
- Other theft: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 64% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 5.2 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Winchester (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Winchester council area, not only New Alresford. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 93 | 0.69 | Down 15% |
| Cars broken into | 179 | 1.3 | Down 36% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 396 | 2.9 | About the same |
| Burglary of homes | 140 | 1.0 | Down 8% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 1 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in SO24
In SO24, the postcode district at the centre of New Alresford, 3% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 196 | 3% | 4% | 57% | 27% | 10% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 9% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Winchester, 2023 to 2025: 300 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 83 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 18 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
2.2 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 28% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.1 |
| Burglary | 2.5 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 14.7 |
| Drugs | 1.2 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.4 |
| Other crime | 0.9 |
| Other theft | 3.1 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.2 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 2.7 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 3.2 |
| Public order | 2.7 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.2 |
| Shoplifting | 1.2 |
Postcode districts in New Alresford
Nearby towns
Council: Winchester
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Questions about crime in New Alresford
- Is New Alresford a safe place to live?
- New Alresford scores 8 out of 10 for safety (low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.6 times the Winchester average.
- Is crime going up or down in New Alresford?
- Down 39% over 5 years, from 223 recorded crimes a year to 137.
- What is the most common crime in New Alresford?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 15 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in New Alresford compare with Winchester?
- Crime severity in New Alresford is 0.6 times the Winchester average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in New Alresford?
- In SO24, the postcode district at the centre of New Alresford, 3% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 45% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many cars are stolen in New Alresford?
- In Winchester, the council area New Alresford is in, the police recorded 93 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.7 per 1,000 residents, down 15% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in New Alresford?
- 396 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Winchester, the council area New Alresford is in, 2.9 per 1,000 residents, 0.6 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in New Alresford last year?
- 1 homicide (murder or manslaughter) was recorded in 2025/26, in Winchester, the council area New Alresford is in, against 1 the year before. Police data does not say where in the area they happened.