Crime in Fareham district: statistics, rates and trends
7,052 crimes were recorded in Fareham district in the 12 months to August 2026, 61.1 per 1,000 residents. That is lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and up 4% on the year before.
Table of Contents
- Crime map
- Crime in Fareham district at a glance
- Crime trends in Fareham district
- Types of crime in Fareham district
- Home Office recorded crime in Fareham district
- Fareham district compared with nearby districts
- Areas within Fareham district
- Streets with the most crime in Fareham district
- What happened after crimes were reported in Fareham district
- Demographics of Fareham district
- Fly-tipping in Fareham
- Questions about crime in Fareham district
- About this data
Crime map
Violence and sexual offences (2,901), anti-social behaviour (1,027) and shoplifting (654) made up 65% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 259th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lowest quarter.
| Measure | Fareham district | Hampshire | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026 | 7,052 | 93,650 | 5,618,064 |
| Crimes per 1,000 residents | 61.1 | 64.7 | 96.7 |
| Change on previous 12 months | +4% | -2% | -1% |
| Population | 115,428 | 1,447,214 | 58,127,638 |
Recorded crime in Fareham district peaked in the year to August 2018 (7,891 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2025 (6,787). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 11%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.
| Period | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to August 2026 | 7,052 | 61.1 | 96.7 |
| Year to August 2025 | 6,787 | 58.8 | 97.2 |
| Year to August 2024 | 6,818 | 59.1 | 97.9 |
| Year to August 2023 | 7,036 | 61.0 | n/a |
| Year to August 2022 | 7,852 | 68.0 | 102.0 |
| Year to August 2021 | 7,043 | 61.0 | 101.4 |
| Year to August 2020 | 7,233 | 62.7 | 102.7 |
| Year to August 2019 | 7,544 | 65.4 | 101.7 |
| Year to August 2018 | 7,891 | 68.4 | 100.8 |
Month by month
| Month | Crimes |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 646 |
| July 2026 | 766 |
| June 2026 | 629 |
| May 2026 | 616 |
| April 2026 | 576 |
| March 2026 | 568 |
| February 2026 | 538 |
| January 2026 | 554 |
| December 2025 | 469 |
| November 2025 | 594 |
| October 2025 | 569 |
| September 2025 | 527 |
No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (87% below) and vehicle crime (63% below) were well below it. On the year before, robbery rose from 41 to 59 and anti-social behaviour rose from 764 to 1,027, while bicycle theft fell from 88 to 57 and possession of weapons fell from 120 to 80.
| Crime type | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,901 | 25.1 | 34.2 | -4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1,027 | 8.9 | 15.4 | +34% |
| Shoplifting | 654 | 5.7 | 8.5 | +2% |
| Public order | 589 | 5.1 | 6.7 | +8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 483 | 4.2 | 6.7 | +17% |
| Other theft | 416 | 3.6 | 6.4 | +5% |
| Vehicle crime | 214 | 1.9 | 5.0 | -2% |
| Drugs | 211 | 1.8 | 3.3 | +27% |
| Burglary | 192 | 1.7 | 3.6 | -2% |
| Other crime | 143 | 1.2 | 2.1 | +1% |
| Possession of weapons | 80 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -33% |
| Robbery | 59 | 0.5 | 1.4 | +44% |
| Bicycle theft | 57 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -35% |
| Theft from the person | 26 | 0.2 | 1.7 | -21% |
What each category covers: crime categories.
5,997 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Fareham district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 52.0 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was up 4% on the year ending March 2025 (5,788), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Fareham district had the 40th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).
Of the crimes recorded in the Hampshire Police area in the year ending March 2026, 2.2% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Fareham district is an undercount.
Offences recorded in Fareham district, the year ending March 2026
The largest category was violence without injury, with 984 offences (16% of the total). No category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate. Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.14 times), robbery of personal property (0.19 times) and trafficking of drugs (0.20 times).
The largest rises on the year were in possession of drugs (+54%) and violence without injury (+14%). The largest falls were in arson (−26%) and theft from the person (−18%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).
| Offence | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence without injury | 984 | 8.5 | 13.2 | 0.65 | +14% |
| Stalking and harassment | 930 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 0.80 | +10% |
| Violence with injury | 684 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 0.73 | +3% |
| Shoplifting | 620 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 0.66 | – |
| Public order offences | 560 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 0.70 | −7% |
| Criminal damage | 448 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 0.57 | +8% |
| Other theft offences | 382 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 0.51 | −5% |
| Vehicle offences | 237 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 0.41 | −7% |
| Other sexual offences | 219 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.83 | +1% |
| Possession of drugs | 215 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.75 | +54% |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 141 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.58 | +8% |
| Residential burglary | 115 | 1.00 | 2.5 | 0.40 | −14% |
| Possession of weapons | 87 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.76 | +2% |
| Rape | 87 | 0.75 | 1.2 | 0.62 | +1% |
| Bicycle theft | 78 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 0.79 | +8% |
| Non-residential burglary | 62 | 0.54 | 1.1 | 0.48 | −16% |
| Robbery of business property | 41 | 0.36 | 0.47 | 0.75 | – |
| Trafficking of drugs | 28 | 0.24 | 1.2 | 0.20 | −15% |
| Theft from the person | 28 | 0.24 | 1.8 | 0.14 | −18% |
| Arson | 20 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0.46 | −26% |
| Robbery of personal property | 20 | 0.17 | 0.91 | 0.19 | +5% |
| Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving | 10 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 2.49 | +233% |
| Homicide | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.08 | – |
Recorded crime in Fareham district since the year ending March 2021
The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2021 to 2026. Fareham district's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 6 years. The series starts in the year ending March 2021 because the share of crimes in the Hampshire Police area not assigned to a district moved from 1.5% in the year ending March 2020 to 2.6% in the year ending March 2021, which changes district totals without any change in crime.
Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).
| Year ending March | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,997 | 52.0 | 83.2 |
| 2025 | 5,788 | 50.1 | 84.5 |
| 2024 | 5,879 | 50.9 | 86.2 |
| 2023 | 6,499 | 56.3 | 89.2 |
| 2022 | 6,334 | 54.9 | 85.4 |
| 2021 | 5,149 | 44.6 | 74.1 |
Districts in the Hampshire Police area, the year ending March 2026
Of the 11 districts in the Hampshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Fareham district had the 2nd lowest rate. Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor are not in the table because the Home Office publishes each of them jointly with a neighbouring district, as one community safety partnership.
| District | Offences | Per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 31,147 | 120.1 | 1.44 |
| Portsmouth | 24,163 | 112.7 | 1.35 |
| Isle of Wight | 10,776 | 76.1 | 0.91 |
| Havant | 9,621 | 75.8 | 0.91 |
| Gosport | 5,953 | 71.8 | 0.86 |
| Winchester | 7,570 | 55.8 | 0.67 |
| Eastleigh | 7,856 | 55.0 | 0.66 |
| New Forest | 9,309 | 52.9 | 0.64 |
| Test Valley | 7,055 | 52.2 | 0.63 |
| Fareham | 5,997 | 52.0 | 0.62 |
| East Hampshire | 5,640 | 43.4 | 0.52 |
Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.
7 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Fareham district; the highest is Southampton district (133.7 per 1,000) and the lowest New Forest (58.3).
| District | Crimes | Per 1,000 | Rate vs Fareham district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosport | 6,598 | 79.6 | +30% |
| Portsmouth | 26,789 | 125.0 | +105% |
| Eastleigh | 9,432 | 66.0 | +8% |
| Southampton | 34,688 | 133.7 | +119% |
| Havant | 11,156 | 87.9 | +44% |
| Isle of Wight | 11,831 | 83.5 | +37% |
| Winchester | 8,388 | 61.8 | +1% |
| New Forest | 10,266 | 58.3 | -5% |
Of the 20 areas within Fareham district, Fareham Town had the highest crime rate (198.6 per 1,000) and Uplands & Funtley the lowest (31.8), 6 times apart.
| Area | Type | Population | Crimes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fareham Town | Neighbourhood | 6,304 | 1,252 | 198.6 |
| Fareham Park | Neighbourhood | 7,280 | 607 | 83.4 |
| Fareham | Town | 40,083 | 3,258 | 81.3 |
| Fort Fareham | Neighbourhood | 9,046 | 694 | 76.7 |
| Titchfield | Neighbourhood | 6,251 | 409 | 65.4 |
| Whiteley | Town | 10,176 | 657 | 64.6 |
| Park Gate | Neighbourhood | 7,229 | 445 | 61.6 |
| Stubbington | Neighbourhood | 7,581 | 436 | 57.5 |
| Portchester Wicor | Neighbourhood | 6,232 | 342 | 54.9 |
| Titchfield Common | Neighbourhood | 8,968 | 485 | 54.1 |
| Locks Heath | Town | 35,982 | 1,925 | 53.5 |
| Sarisbury & Whiteley | Neighbourhood | 8,135 | 403 | 49.5 |
| Wallington & Downend | Neighbourhood | 7,510 | 369 | 49.1 |
| Portchester Castle | Neighbourhood | 7,349 | 332 | 45.2 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | Town | 25,720 | 1,155 | 44.9 |
| Hook-with-Warsash | Neighbourhood | 7,115 | 313 | 44.0 |
| Locks Heath | Neighbourhood | 7,882 | 319 | 40.5 |
| Avenue | Neighbourhood | 6,222 | 249 | 40.0 |
| Hill Head | Neighbourhood | 6,945 | 226 | 32.5 |
| Uplands & Funtley | Neighbourhood | 5,379 | 171 | 31.8 |
The 10 locations below account for 26% of the crime recorded in Fareham district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (740).
| Location | Crimes |
|---|---|
| On or near Parking Area | 740 |
| On or near Supermarket | 385 |
| On or near Petrol Station | 166 |
| On or near Bus/Coach Station | 159 |
| On or near West Street | 91 |
| On or near Sports/Recreation Area | 83 |
| On or near Southampton Road | 65 |
| On or near Ilex Crescent | 62 |
| On or near Portland Street | 59 |
| On or near Locks Road | 54 |
Of the 6,025 crimes in Fareham district with a recorded outcome, 31% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.9% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,027 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.
| Outcome | Crimes | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unable to prosecute suspect | 2,415 | 40.1% | 34.5% |
| Investigation complete; no suspect identified | 1,850 | 30.7% | 35.3% |
| Under investigation | 628 | 10.4% | 11.5% |
| Local resolution | 316 | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Awaiting court outcome | 234 | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Status update unavailable | 182 | 3.0% | 4.7% |
| Action to be taken by another organisation | 109 | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Court result unavailable | 89 | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Offender given a caution | 73 | 1.2% | 0.6% |
| Further investigation is not in the public interest | 64 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Formal action is not in the public interest | 41 | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Further action is not in the public interest | 24 | 0.4% | 0.3% |
Fareham district has an estimated population of 115,428 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has less social housing (8.1%, against 17.1%), fewer households without a car (12%, against 23%) and fewer students (4.6%, against 7.9%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Fareham district average decile 8.6 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.
| Measure | Fareham district | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0 to 15 | 16.1% | 18.3% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25.9% | 18.9% |
| Residents 16+ in work | 58.2% | 57.2% |
| Residents 16+ unemployed | 2.2% | 3.4% |
| Residents 16+ retired | 29.3% | 21.6% |
| Residents 16+ who are students | 4.6% | 7.9% |
| Residents 16+ with Level 4 qualifications or above (degree, HND and similar) | 33.4% | 33.8% |
| Residents 16+ with no qualifications | 13.9% | 18.2% |
| Households with no car or van | 12.1% | 23.3% |
| Homes owned outright or with a mortgage | 79.3% | 62.5% |
| Social rented homes | 8.1% | 17.1% |
| Private rented homes | 12.5% | 20.3% |
| Average deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least) | 8.6 | 5.5 (England) |
307 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in Fareham in 2024/25 (2.7 per 1,000 residents; the council counts only fly-tips reported by the public), according to the council's return to Defra. Fly-tipping is not in the police figures on this page: fly-tipping in Fareham has the council's figures by place, type of waste and size, and its enforcement actions and fines.
Is Fareham district a safe place to live?
Fareham district recorded 61.1 crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and ranks 259th of the 302 districts on this site by crime rate (1 = highest).
What is the most common crime in Fareham district?
Violence and sexual offences was the most common category, with 2,901 reports in the 12 months to August 2026, followed by anti-social behaviour (1,027).
Is crime in Fareham district going up or down?
Recorded crime in Fareham district was up 4% on the year before: 7,052 crimes in the 12 months to August 2026 against 6,787 in the previous 12 months.
What is the population of Fareham district?
About 115,428 people (ONS mid-2024 estimate), 26% of them aged 65 or over (England and Wales: 19%).
Which police force covers Fareham district?
Fareham district is policed by Hampshire.
How many crimes did the police record in Fareham district in the year ending March 2026?
5,997 crimes, excluding fraud, in the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics: 52.0 per 1,000 residents, against 83.2 across England and Wales. In the year ending March 2025 the figure was 5,788.
Which offences are more common in Fareham district than across England and Wales?
None: no category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate in the year ending March 2026. The largest category was violence without injury (984).
Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.