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Crime in East Hampshire by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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1,735crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+12%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Ropleylowest rate1.7 per 1,000 a year
44.1middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Bordon (-8%), Liphook (-5%) and Grayshott (0%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1ChawtonGU34 · 1,691 residents 127.7▲ 35%violence
2Rowlands CastlePO9 · 2,969 residents 83.5▲ 38%violence
3AltonGU34 · 19,429 residents 72.7▲ 17%violence
4PetersfieldGU32 · 15,667 residents 71▲ 2%violence
5BordonGU35 · 17,492 residents 69.5▼ 8%violence
6LindfordGU35 · 7,061 residents 67.4▲ 16%violence
7HolybourneGU34 · 2,112 residents 64.4▲ 31%violence
8West LissGU33 · 2,860 residents 58.7▲ 17%violence
9GrayshottGU26 · 8,688 residents 53.40%violence
10LiphookGU30 · 9,772 residents 45▼ 5%violence
11HorndeanPO8 · 19,862 residents 44.5▲ 21%violence
12LissGU33 · 6,350 residents 44.1▲ 8%violence
13HeadleyGU35 · 2,836 residents 43.7▲ 24%violence
14WhitehillGU35 · 6,497 residents 41.9▼ 15%violence
15Headley DownGU35 · 4,216 residents 36.1▲ 19%violence
16BentleyGU10 · 1,839 residents 34.8▼ 24%violence
17Four MarksGU34 · 5,858 residents 34.1▲ 52%violence
18CatheringtonPO8 · 5,248 residents 33.5▲ 76%violence
19SheetGU31 · 7,093 residents 33.3▲ 37%violence
20OakhangerGU35 · 2,229 residents 30.5–violence
21ClanfieldPO8 · 4,184 residents 20.1▼ 9%violence
22SteepGU32 · 2,901 residents 2.8–violence
23RopleySO24 · 2,311 residents 1.7–anti-social behaviour

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of East Hampshire have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Ropley, Steep, Clanfield, Oakhanger and Sheet.

Which areas of East Hampshire have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Chawton, Rowlands Castle, Alton, Petersfield and Bordon.

Is crime going up or down in East Hampshire?

Across East Hampshire, 1,735 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 12% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.