AldershotHampshire

Aldershot has more crime per resident than 87% of UK towns

Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.

The 12 months to August 2026 brought 3,297 recorded crimes inside Aldershot’s built-up area, and 477 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Aldershot has more crime per resident than 76% of them. Also worth knowing: there were 10.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both Hampshire’s towns (5.3) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences accounted for 45% of recorded crime.

Aldershot’s schools outperform 76% of towns in England on results

Of its 11 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Aldershot’s nine primaries and one secondary have 4,445 pupils between them.

More people aged 16 to 64 in Aldershot claim unemployment benefits than in Hampshire’s towns or England’s towns: 3.8%

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.

Jobs per working resident: 0.9. Household income came to £57K a year before tax, lower than Hampshire’s towns (£67K) and near England’s towns (£55K). After the car, walking came next, for 12% of commuters.

Disability is less common in Aldershot, 14% of residents, than in Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns

At the census, 3.9% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Hampshire’s towns (4.3%) and England’s towns (5.2%). The nearest A&E to Aldershot is Frimley Park Hospital, 5.1 miles away. 4 GP practices serve the town; 71% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.

Aldershot is a renters’ town: 27% of households rent privately, more than in Hampshire’s towns and across England’s towns

Households that own their home make up 54%. Private rents average £1,385 a month across the Rushmoor council area. 1,445 standard sales inside Aldershot’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £342,000.

Much of Aldershot is a conservation area: 99% of its land, more than in Hampshire’s towns and across England’s towns

The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.

Grade II* covers 2 of them. Before 1919: that is when 21% of homes were built. Aldershot has 57 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade II*.

Fewer people in Aldershot hold a degree than in Hampshire’s towns or England’s towns: 27%

The middle age in Aldershot is 37. Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Hampshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%).