Crime in Gosport district: statistics, rates and trends
6,598 crimes were recorded in Gosport district in the 12 months to August 2026, 79.6 per 1,000 residents. That is lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and down 9% on the year before.
Table of Contents
- Crime map
- Crime in Gosport district at a glance
- Crime trends in Gosport district
- Types of crime in Gosport district
- Home Office recorded crime in Gosport district
- Gosport district compared with nearby districts
- Areas within Gosport district
- Streets with the most crime in Gosport district
- What happened after crimes were reported in Gosport district
- Demographics of Gosport district
- Fly-tipping in Gosport
- Questions about crime in Gosport district
- About this data
Crime map
Violence and sexual offences (2,851), anti-social behaviour (994) and public order (536) made up 66% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 181st of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.
| Measure | Gosport district | Hampshire | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026 | 6,598 | 93,650 | 5,618,064 |
| Crimes per 1,000 residents | 79.6 | 64.7 | 96.7 |
| Change on previous 12 months | -9% | -2% | -1% |
| Population | 82,921 | 1,447,214 | 58,127,638 |
The year to August 2026 had the least recorded crime in Gosport district of any year here (6,598 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 25%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.
| Period | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to August 2026 | 6,598 | 79.6 | 96.7 |
| Year to August 2025 | 7,276 | 87.7 | 97.2 |
| Year to August 2024 | 7,720 | 93.1 | 97.9 |
| Year to August 2023 | 8,207 | 99.0 | n/a |
| Year to August 2022 | 9,080 | 109.5 | 102.0 |
| Year to August 2021 | 8,218 | 99.1 | 101.4 |
| Year to August 2020 | 8,112 | 97.8 | 102.7 |
| Year to August 2019 | 7,888 | 95.1 | 101.7 |
| Year to August 2018 | 8,764 | 105.7 | 100.8 |
Month by month
| Month | Crimes |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 682 |
| July 2026 | 616 |
| June 2026 | 564 |
| May 2026 | 588 |
| April 2026 | 549 |
| March 2026 | 520 |
| February 2026 | 442 |
| January 2026 | 523 |
| December 2025 | 488 |
| November 2025 | 497 |
| October 2025 | 540 |
| September 2025 | 589 |
No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (82% below) and vehicle crime (59% below) were well below it. On the year before, robbery rose from 21 to 47 and other theft rose from 389 to 512, while vehicle crime fell from 288 to 171 and shoplifting fell from 489 to 303.
| Crime type | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,851 | 34.4 | 34.2 | -17% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 994 | 12.0 | 15.4 | +23% |
| Public order | 536 | 6.5 | 6.7 | -9% |
| Other theft | 512 | 6.2 | 6.4 | +32% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 511 | 6.2 | 6.7 | -4% |
| Shoplifting | 303 | 3.7 | 8.5 | -38% |
| Drugs | 222 | 2.7 | 3.3 | +5% |
| Vehicle crime | 171 | 2.1 | 5.0 | -41% |
| Other crime | 139 | 1.7 | 2.1 | -12% |
| Burglary | 131 | 1.6 | 3.6 | -19% |
| Bicycle theft | 81 | 1.0 | 0.8 | +12% |
| Possession of weapons | 75 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -11% |
| Robbery | 47 | 0.6 | 1.4 | +124% |
| Theft from the person | 25 | 0.3 | 1.7 | +9% |
What each category covers: crime categories.
5,953 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Gosport district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 71.8 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 9% on the year ending March 2025 (6,539), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Gosport district had the 131st 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 Gosport district is an undercount.
Offences recorded in Gosport district, the year ending March 2026
The largest category was stalking and harassment, with 1,095 offences (18% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for stalking and harassment (1.3 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.19 times), robbery of personal property (0.38 times) and non-residential burglary (0.41 times).
The largest rises on the year were in robbery of personal property (+21%) and possession of drugs (+19%). The largest falls were in residential burglary (−30%) and violence without injury (−23%). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalking and harassment | 1,095 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 1.31 | +2% |
| Violence without injury | 881 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 0.80 | −23% |
| Violence with injury | 700 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 1.04 | −10% |
| Public order offences | 592 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 1.03 | +1% |
| Other theft offences | 487 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 0.90 | +15% |
| Criminal damage | 460 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 0.81 | −16% |
| Shoplifting | 358 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 0.53 | – |
| Vehicle offences | 243 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 0.58 | −19% |
| Other sexual offences | 230 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.22 | −2% |
| Possession of drugs | 217 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.05 | +19% |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 152 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.87 | +15% |
| Rape | 108 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.08 | +6% |
| Residential burglary | 101 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.49 | −30% |
| Bicycle theft | 81 | 0.98 | 0.85 | 1.15 | −10% |
| Possession of weapons | 71 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.86 | −21% |
| Trafficking of drugs | 44 | 0.53 | 1.2 | 0.45 | +2% |
| Non-residential burglary | 38 | 0.46 | 1.1 | 0.41 | −22% |
| Robbery of personal property | 29 | 0.35 | 0.91 | 0.38 | +21% |
| Theft from the person | 28 | 0.34 | 1.8 | 0.19 | −7% |
| Arson | 25 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.79 | −19% |
| Robbery of business property | 13 | 0.16 | 0.47 | 0.33 | – |
| Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving | 0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | −100% |
| Homicide | 0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −100% |
Recorded crime in Gosport 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. Gosport district's rate was above the England and Wales rate in 2 of those 6 years and below it in 4. 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 | 5,953 | 71.8 | 83.2 |
| 2025 | 6,539 | 78.9 | 84.5 |
| 2024 | 6,731 | 81.2 | 86.2 |
| 2023 | 7,516 | 90.6 | 89.2 |
| 2022 | 7,209 | 86.9 | 85.4 |
| 2021 | 5,846 | 70.5 | 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, Gosport district had the 5th highest 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.
5 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Gosport district; the highest is Southampton district (133.7 per 1,000) and the lowest Fareham district (61.1).
| District | Crimes | Per 1,000 | Rate vs Gosport district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 26,789 | 125.0 | +57% |
| Fareham | 7,052 | 61.1 | -23% |
| Havant | 11,156 | 87.9 | +10% |
| Isle of Wight | 11,831 | 83.5 | +5% |
| Eastleigh | 9,432 | 66.0 | -17% |
| Southampton | 34,688 | 133.7 | +68% |
| Winchester | 8,388 | 61.8 | -22% |
| Chichester | 10,452 | 81.1 | +2% |
Of the 15 areas within Gosport district, Harbourside & Town had the highest crime rate (239.0 per 1,000) and Lee East the lowest (26.7), 9 times apart.
| Area | Type | Population | Crimes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbourside & Town | Neighbourhood | 3,912 | 935 | 239.0 |
| Forton | Neighbourhood | 8,851 | 932 | 105.3 |
| Grange & Alver Valley | Neighbourhood | 6,699 | 688 | 102.7 |
| Bridgemary | Neighbourhood | 6,149 | 606 | 98.6 |
| Rowner & Holbrook | Neighbourhood | 6,110 | 567 | 92.8 |
| Gosport | Town | 69,236 | 5,937 | 85.8 |
| Leesland & Newtown | Neighbourhood | 5,690 | 443 | 77.9 |
| Elson | Neighbourhood | 5,849 | 425 | 72.7 |
| Brockhurst & Privett | Neighbourhood | 4,904 | 332 | 67.7 |
| Lee West | Neighbourhood | 5,350 | 337 | 63.0 |
| Hardway | Neighbourhood | 5,396 | 301 | 55.8 |
| Peel Common | Neighbourhood | 5,588 | 290 | 51.9 |
| Anglesey | Neighbourhood | 5,418 | 261 | 48.2 |
| Alverstoke | Neighbourhood | 7,161 | 325 | 45.4 |
| Lee East | Neighbourhood | 5,844 | 156 | 26.7 |
The 10 locations below account for 18% of the crime recorded in Gosport district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (398).
| Location | Crimes |
|---|---|
| On or near Parking Area | 398 |
| On or near Supermarket | 271 |
| On or near Ordnance Road | 92 |
| On or near Ferry Terminal | 68 |
| On or near Sports/Recreation Area | 67 |
| On or near Willow Place | 58 |
| On or near High Street | 57 |
| On or near Shopping Area | 57 |
| On or near Carless Close | 56 |
| On or near Fisher Road | 56 |
Of the 5,604 crimes in Gosport district with a recorded outcome, 29% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.2% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 994 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.
| Outcome | Crimes | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unable to prosecute suspect | 2,308 | 41.2% | 34.5% |
| Investigation complete; no suspect identified | 1,649 | 29.4% | 35.3% |
| Under investigation | 542 | 9.7% | 11.5% |
| Local resolution | 392 | 7.0% | 3.1% |
| Awaiting court outcome | 234 | 4.2% | 5.2% |
| Status update unavailable | 176 | 3.1% | 4.7% |
| Court result unavailable | 97 | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Action to be taken by another organisation | 66 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Offender given a caution | 58 | 1.0% | 0.6% |
| Further investigation is not in the public interest | 41 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Formal action is not in the public interest | 31 | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Further action is not in the public interest | 10 | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Gosport district has an estimated population of 82,921 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (4.8%, against 7.9%) and fewer residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (25%, against 34%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Gosport district average decile 4.8 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.
| Measure | Gosport district | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0 to 15 | 17.4% | 18.3% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22.4% | 18.9% |
| Residents 16+ in work | 57.3% | 57.2% |
| Residents 16+ unemployed | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| Residents 16+ retired | 25.4% | 21.6% |
| Residents 16+ who are students | 4.8% | 7.9% |
| Residents 16+ with Level 4 qualifications or above (degree, HND and similar) | 24.8% | 33.8% |
| Residents 16+ with no qualifications | 17.4% | 18.2% |
| Households with no car or van | 20.6% | 23.3% |
| Homes owned outright or with a mortgage | 64.8% | 62.5% |
| Social rented homes | 16.3% | 17.1% |
| Private rented homes | 18.7% | 20.3% |
| Average deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least) | 4.8 | 5.5 (England) |
| Residents in the most deprived 10% of areas | 8.6% | 10.1% (England) |
393 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in Gosport in 2024/25 (4.7 per 1,000 residents, against 21.1 across the councils in England that count all incidents), according to the council's return to Defra. Fly-tipping is not in the police figures on this page: fly-tipping in Gosport has the council's figures by place, type of waste and size, and its enforcement actions and fines.
Is Gosport district a safe place to live?
Gosport district recorded 79.6 crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, lower than the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and ranks 181st of the 302 districts on this site by crime rate (1 = highest).
What is the most common crime in Gosport district?
Violence and sexual offences was the most common category, with 2,851 reports in the 12 months to August 2026, followed by anti-social behaviour (994).
Is crime in Gosport district going up or down?
Recorded crime in Gosport district was down 9% on the year before: 6,598 crimes in the 12 months to August 2026 against 7,276 in the previous 12 months.
What is the population of Gosport district?
About 82,921 people (ONS mid-2024 estimate), 22% of them aged 65 or over (England and Wales: 19%).
Which police force covers Gosport district?
Gosport district is policed by Hampshire.
How many crimes did the police record in Gosport district in the year ending March 2026?
5,953 crimes, excluding fraud, in the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics: 71.8 per 1,000 residents, against 83.2 across England and Wales. In the year ending March 2025 the figure was 6,539.
Which offences are more common in Gosport district than across England and Wales?
Relative to the national rate, the most over-represented categories in the year ending March 2026 were stalking and harassment (1,095 offences, 1.3 times the England and Wales rate).
Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.