Oliver's Battery and Hursley
Middle areaWest Winchester. 8,409 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 47 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in Oliver's Battery and Hursley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Oliver's Battery and Hursley
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oliver's Battery and Hursley at a rate of 42.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.3 per 1,000 people across Winchester.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 139 |
| Other crime | 82 |
| Shoplifting | 29 |
| Burglary | 26 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 24 |
| Drug offences | 20 |
| Vehicle crime | 20 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 13 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Oliver's Battery and Hursley compares
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Is Oliver's Battery and Hursley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oliver's Battery and Hursley at a rate of 42.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.3 per 1,000 people across Winchester.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Oliver's Battery and Hursley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (139), other crime (82) and shoplifting (29).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Winchester
These figures are published for the whole of Winchester, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Winchester and not Oliver's Battery and Hursley alone. See Winchester
Oliver's Battery and Hursley in brief
The median price paid for a home in Oliver's Battery and Hursley was £506,000 in 2025.
Oliver's Battery and Hursley had 8,232 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in Oliver's Battery and Hursley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Oliver's Battery and Hursley, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.