Photo: Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0Elvetham Heath stands out for shoplifting: 2.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
More crime per resident is recorded in 65% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Overall, it grades B for safety (#28 of 76 in Hampshire). Violent crime was down 14% in a year. Behind the grade sit 18.4 violent and sexual offences and 10.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Elvetham Heath
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 14% less violent crime per resident in Elvetham Heath 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 21% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Elvetham Heath has the 299th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Etwall, Little Paxton and Chipstead and Woodmansterne, higher than Alvechurch, Tangmere and Paulton. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 27% of Elvetham Heath’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Elvetham Heath’s B for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 418 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Elvetham Heath 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, Elvetham Heath runs highest on shoplifting (5.1 per 1,000 against 1.8), vehicle crime (5.5 per 1,000 against 2) and other theft (4.7 per 1,000 against 3.2). Criminal damage & arson and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 85 | 17.3 | 22.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 27 | 5.5 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 25 | 5.1 | 1.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 23 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 20 | 4.1 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 14 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 11 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 8 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
“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.
1 in 4 Elvetham Heath residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
27% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% 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.
Elvetham Heath’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.
How crime in Elvetham Heath 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 -14% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -21% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -54% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -9% (towns its size +0%).
Elvetham Heath against towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
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| 22 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
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| 56 | Bransgore Hampshire | 3,688 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 4.2 | A |
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| 64 | Horton Heath Hampshire | 3,047 | 12.1 | 6 | 5.6 | A |
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| 87 | Four Marks Hampshire | 5,613 | 13.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | A− |
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| 296 | Alvechurch Worcestershire | 3,412 | 17.3 | 11 | 4.3 | B |
| 297 | Tangmere West Sussex | 4,000 | 20.2 | 8.2 | 9 | B |
| 298 | Paulton Somerset | 6,502 | 21.3 | 7.1 | 2.8 | B |
| 299 | Elvetham Heath Hampshire | 4,916 | 18.4 | 10 | 13.6 | B |
| 300 | Horsford Norfolk | 4,396 | 21.4 | 7.1 | 4.8 | B |
| 301 | Broughton Clwyd | 6,532 | 21.2 | 7.2 | 22.2 | B |
| 302 | Marston Moretaine Bedfordshire | 6,350 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 11.2 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 823 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Elvetham Heath, and others in Hampshire.
Police in Elvetham Heath identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 74% of Elvetham Heath’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 24% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (52% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 2% of violent and 6% 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. 137 crimes.
Crime in Elvetham Heath 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 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Two people died in collisions on Elvetham Heath’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 15 collisions with injuries inside Elvetham Heath in five years, in which two people died. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle. Two people were killed on a motorway.
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; Elvetham Heath’s two people are context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Elvetham Heath’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Elvetham Heath 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 Elvetham Heath’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Elvetham Heath
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | 18.4 | 10 | B |
| Fleet | 37,800 | 20.6 | 7 | B |
| Minley | 1,041 | 6.7 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 21.6 | 10.5 | B− |
| Yateley | 14,676 | 17 | 8.2 | B+ |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 32 | 12.8 | C |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 21.4 | 9.4 | B− |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 13.6 | 7.1 | A− |
Elvetham Heath records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Fleet, 1.5 miles away, records 20.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Elvetham Heath’s 18.4.
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 Elvetham Heath 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 Elvetham Heath
Is Elvetham Heath safe?
Police recorded 18.4 violent and sexual offences and 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Elvetham Heath’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns. Among 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Elvetham Heath is 299th from the least crime. 27% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Elvetham Heath?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 14%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 21%, shoplifting and theft fell 54% and anti-social behaviour fell 9%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Elvetham Heath?
Violence & sexual offences: 85 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (27) and shoplifting (25), with 20 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Elvetham Heath compare with Farnborough?
Farnborough records 32 violent and sexual offences and 12.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Elvetham Heath’s 18.4 and 10, 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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