Photo: John P Reeves · CC BY-SA 2.0Bordon stands out for robbery: 7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Set against the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 19% of them. Overall, it grades C− for safety (#65 of 76 in Hampshire). Violent crime was down 18% in a year. Per 1,000 residents a year, 36.4 violent and sexual offences and 12.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Bordon
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 18% less violent crime per resident in Bordon than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 19% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 411 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000 people, Bordon has the 290th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Tonyrefail, Newcastle and Norton Canes, higher than Ulverston, Cheadle and Kirkham. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Bordon’s C− for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,378 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bordon against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Bordon runs highest on robbery (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.2), shoplifting (9.6 per 1,000 against 1.8) and drugs (4.6 per 1,000 against 1).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 292 | 31.2 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 137 | 14.7 | 8.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 90 | 9.6 | 1.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 60 | 6.4 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 56 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 43 | 4.6 | 1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 42 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 33 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 20 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 13 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Robbery | Violent | 13 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 5 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How crime in Bordon has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -18% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -19% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +49% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour +108% (towns its size +0%).
How Bordon’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 12% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Bordon’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Of 411 towns its size, Bordon is 290th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 81 | Ashley Hampshire | 7,730 | 22 | 7 | 4.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 101 | Hook Hampshire | 9,062 | 20.8 | 9.7 | 7.2 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 106 | Blackwater Hampshire | 7,170 | 21.4 | 9.4 | 4.2 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 129 | Liphook Hampshire | 7,128 | 23.1 | 9.7 | 8.5 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 287 | Ulverston Cumbria | 11,219 | 37.3 | 11.5 | 8.6 | C− |
| 288 | Cheadle Staffordshire | 11,403 | 38.2 | 10.6 | 7.2 | C− |
| 289 | Kirkham Lancashire | 8,939 | 35.3 | 13.7 | 6.2 | C− |
| 290 | Bordon Hampshire | 9,349 | 36.4 | 12.8 | 12.1 | C− |
| 291 | Rothwell Northamptonshire | 8,623 | 37 | 12.4 | 6.2 | C− |
| 292 | Wetherby West Yorkshire | 11,711 | 39.9 | 9.5 | 14.9 | C− |
| 293 | Bude Cornwall | 7,347 | 38.2 | 11.4 | 21.9 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 411 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Bordon, and others in Hampshire.
Crime in Bordon per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 17 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 68% of Bordon’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 17% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (60% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 1% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 477 crimes.
Where in Bordon police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol stations | 188 | 74% shoplifting & theft |
| Shopping areas | 139 | 27% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 131 | 32% anti-social behaviour |
| Police stations | 20 | 40% violent |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Bordon. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
One person died in collisions on Bordon’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 39 collisions with injuries inside Bordon in five years, in which one person died. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Bordon’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Bordon’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 8 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Bordon had 6.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Bordon’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bordon
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordon | 9,349 | 36.4 | 12.8 | C− |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 26.4 | 9 | C+ |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 18.9 | 8 | B |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 16.4 | 5.9 | A− |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 23.1 | 9.7 | B− |
| Liss | 4,749 | 21.4 | 7.9 | B |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 16.3 | 7 | B+ |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 9.2 | 6.7 | A |
Bordon records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Lindford, 0.7 miles away, records 26.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bordon’s 36.4.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Bordon sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Bordon
Is Bordon safe?
Police recorded 36.4 violent and sexual offences and 12.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bordon’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 22% of UK towns. Among 411 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000 people, Bordon is 290th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Bordon?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 18%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 19%, shoplifting and theft rose 49% and anti-social behaviour rose 108%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bordon?
Violence & sexual offences: 292 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (90) and other theft (60), with 137 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bordon compare with Farnham?
Farnham records 21.8 violent and sexual offences and 9.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bordon’s 36.4 and 12.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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