Basingstoke Rural South — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Local policing team in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.

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If you live in and around Whitchurch, Overton, Oakley, the Candover Valley, Old Basing and surrounding villages you will now come under the new Rural South Neighbourhood area, the team comprises of myself based at Tadley with one PCSO and three PCs. The PCSOs will deal with local issues and engagements supported by the PCs who will address criminality and safeguarding the vulnerable. The West area and East area have a similar set up which means that when resources are required they can be moved around to support a policing need. First point of contact for local issues should be through the PCSO team but feel free if you have any questions about the team or a particular problem to contact me via email-Basingstoke.Rural.Police@hampshire.pnn.police.uk or via the 101 system and I will get back to you. Please be reminded that the team work a variety of shifts and could be on rest days for 2 or 3 days.

Contact the team

In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary's online reporting.

Recorded crime — June 2026

124 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.

Compared with May 2026 (106): ▲ 18 (17%) higher. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

Violence and sexual offences61 · 49%
Anti-social behaviour21 · 17%
Criminal damage and arson9 · 7%
Burglary7 · 6%
Vehicle crime6 · 5%
Public order5 · 4%
Other crime5 · 4%
Other theft4 · 3%

Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.

What happened to reported crimes — June 2026

87 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

Unable to prosecute suspect44 · 51%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified29 · 33%
Awaiting court outcome5 · 6%
Local resolution5 · 6%
Offender given a caution2 · 2%
Further investigation is not in the public interest2 · 2%

Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.

Current priorities

Rural Crime

Tackling rural anti-social behaviour across known hotspots, superficially focused on the seasonal trends affecting communities and landowners

Set: 2026-05-01

Violence

Improve feelings of safety amongst female employees and visitors, within retail/business community and leaving work – linked to winter months & night time economy.

Set: 2026-05-01

ASB

To tackle the town Centre and urban ASB & Associated street based criminality.

Set: 2026-05-01

Team locations

Northern Police Investigation Centre (station)Tadley Police Station Mulfords Hill Hampshire , RG26 3HZ

Official Basingstoke Rural South team page on Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary's site

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Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary.