Photo: Stuart Shepherd · CC BY-SA 2.0Less crime per resident is recorded in Fleet than in 91% of UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people
Typical years here bring 20.6 violent and sexual offences plus 7.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Violence recorded locally dropped 5% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Fleet
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 5% less violent crime per resident in Fleet than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 13% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than most places its size
Of 184 UK towns of 26,000 to 51,000 people, Fleet has the 11th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than West Molesey, Haywards Heath and Locks Heath, higher than Billericay, Rustington and Wokingham. 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. 25% of Fleet’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 Fleet’s B for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 3,109 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Fleet against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Fleet is 11th of 184 UK towns of 26,000 to 51,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
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| 4 | Chandler's Ford Hampshire | 31,965 | 17.5 | 6.7 | 6 | B+ |
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| 8 | Billericay Essex | 34,068 | 16.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | B+ |
| 9 | Rustington West Sussex | 33,885 | 17.3 | 8.9 | 9.7 | B+ |
| 10 | Wokingham Berkshire | 50,320 | 18.3 | 8.6 | 12.5 | B |
| 11 | Fleet Hampshire | 37,800 | 20.6 | 7 | 7.4 | B |
| 12 | New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater Surrey | 33,035 | 18.5 | 9.5 | 8.1 | B |
| 13 | Christchurch Dorset | 48,973 | 18.1 | 10.4 | 10.1 | B |
| 14 | Ormskirk Lancashire | 27,720 | 21.3 | 7.4 | 8.2 | B |
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| 17 | Locks Heath Hampshire | 35,744 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | B− |
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| 19 | Horndean Hampshire | 34,046 | 24.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | B− |
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| 59 | Waterlooville Hampshire | 34,766 | 33.7 | 8.4 | 12.8 | C |
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| 184 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | 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 Fleet, and others in Hampshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Criminal damage & arson and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 735 | 19.4 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 233 | 6.2 | 12.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 137 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 134 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 115 | 3 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 88 | 2.3 | 6.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 62 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 53 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 39 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 36 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 17 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 16 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Robbery | Violent | 12 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 10 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
1 in 4 Fleet residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
56% 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.
Fleet’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.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 73% of Fleet’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 16% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (59% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 4% of violent and 3% 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. 1,082 crimes.
How crime in Fleet has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 -5% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -13% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -11% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +35% (towns its size -4%).
Lowest recorded crime in Crookham West and Ewshot, Crookham East and Fleet East; highest in Fleet Central
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crookham West and Ewshot | 9,463 | 16.2 | 4.2 | |
| Crookham East | 7,350 | 15.6 | 5.3 | |
| Fleet East | 7,893 | 14.3 | 7.2 | |
| Fleet West | 4,158 | 28.5 | 8.6 | |
| Fleet Central | 8,936 | 31 | 10 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 422 | 33% violent |
| Supermarkets | 355 | 56% shoplifting & theft |
| Nightclubs | 231 | 44% violent |
| Petrol stations | 135 | 47% shoplifting & theft |
| Shopping areas | 80 | 50% anti-social behaviour |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 34 | 62% anti-social behaviour |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Fleet Central records 1.8× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Fleet. 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 Fleet. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Fleet’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Crime in Fleet 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Fleet’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 132 collisions with injuries inside Fleet in five years. 34 people were killed or seriously injured: 12 on foot and 6 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fleet’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fleet’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Fleet had 18.2 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 35% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
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 Fleet’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Fleet
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet | 37,800 | 20.6 | 7 | B |
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | 18.4 | 10 | B |
| Crondall | 1,220 | 22.4 | 10.7 | B− |
| Minley | 1,041 | 6.7 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 16.3 | 7.4 | B+ |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 21.6 | 10.5 | B− |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 32 | 12.8 | C |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 43 | 15.8 | D |
Fleet records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Minley, 3.2 miles away, records 6.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Fleet’s 20.6.
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 Fleet 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 Fleet
Is Fleet safe?
Police recorded 20.6 violent and sexual offences and 7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Fleet’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 62% of UK towns. Among 184 UK towns of 26,000 to 51,000 people, Fleet is 11th from the least crime. 25% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Fleet?
By council ward, Crookham West and Ewshot, Crookham East and Fleet East record the least violent and household crime per resident: 16.2, 15.6 and 14.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 31 in Fleet Central.
Is crime going up in Fleet?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 5%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 13%, shoplifting and theft fell 11% and anti-social behaviour rose 35%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
Is Fleet town centre safe at night?
police.uk placed 231 crimes and reports at or near nightclubs in three years, 44% of them violent, and Fleet Central ward records 31 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 of its residents a year. Over the last two years, violent crime peaked in August and was lowest in October.
What is the most common crime in Fleet?
Violence & sexual offences: 735 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (137) and public order (134), with 233 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Fleet 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 Fleet’s 20.6 and 7, 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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