The Elms Including Front Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Gates · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0Havant records more crime per resident than 95% of UK towns
Violence recorded locally dropped 11% in a year. Still, its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes police recorded inside Havant’s built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. At 1.9 per 1,000 residents, possession of weapons here runs well past the 0.7 of a typical town its size (89 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026). In a usual year, 59.2 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Havant
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 11% less violent crime per resident in Havant 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 rose 8% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 143 UK towns of 33,000 to 63,000 people, Havant has the 128th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bootle, Llanelli and Ramsgate, higher than Willenhall, Redcar and Bridlington. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
52% of Havant’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 3% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Havant
A fairly firm grade. Built on 10,643 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Havant against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
52% of Havant residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
3% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 52% 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.
Havant’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Havant runs highest on possession of weapons (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.7), robbery (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.5) and public order (10.6 per 1,000 against 5.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 2,500 | 53.2 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 698 | 14.9 | 12.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 537 | 11.4 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 498 | 10.6 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 439 | 9.3 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 262 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 169 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 151 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 125 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 114 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 89 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 63 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 41 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 24 | 0.5 | 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.
Among 143 towns its size, Havant ranks 128th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan Castlereagh Lisburn and Castlereagh | 58,763 | 14.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Fleet Hampshire | 37,800 | 20.6 | 7 | 7.4 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Locks Heath Hampshire | 35,744 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Horndean Hampshire | 34,046 | 24.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Waterlooville Hampshire | 34,766 | 33.7 | 8.4 | 12.8 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 125 | Willenhall West Midlands | 49,582 | 44.1 | 28.8 | 21.6 | D |
| 126 | Redcar North Yorkshire | 37,666 | 48.8 | 24.6 | 19.2 | D |
| 127 | Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire | 34,831 | 56.4 | 17.3 | 23.6 | D |
| 128 | Havant Hampshire | 46,964 | 59.2 | 16.8 | 18.7 | D |
| 129 | Scarborough North Yorkshire | 59,505 | 58.8 | 17.2 | 22.9 | D |
| 130 | Bloxwich West Midlands | 51,891 | 52.3 | 25.8 | 20.9 | D− |
| 131 | Clacton-on-Sea Essex | 53,190 | 61.2 | 19.6 | 18.5 | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 143 | Bridgwater Somerset | 47,846 | 76.8 | 18.9 | 29.3 | 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 Havant, and others in Hampshire.
Crime in Havant 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 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 18 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Havant 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 -11% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +8% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -4% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +9% (towns its size -4%).
Police in Havant identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 64% of Havant’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 14% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (62% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% 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. 3,614 crimes.
Lowest recorded crime in Bedhampton, Barncroft and Warren Park; highest in Battins
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedhampton | 8,729 | 33.7 | 10.7 | |
| Barncroft | 6,468 | 49.9 | 13.2 | |
| Warren Park | 7,580 | 66.8 | 14.2 | |
| St Faith's | 10,312 | 61.2 | 23.5 | |
| Bondfields | 6,850 | 70.9 | 17 | |
| Battins | 7,025 | 74.2 | 18.6 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 1,054 | 33% violent |
| Supermarkets | 957 | 37% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 416 | 67% shoplifting & theft |
| Bus and coach stations | 410 | 37% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 200 | 45% violent |
| Shopping areas | 158 | 35% violent |
| Parks and open spaces | 72 | 43% violent |
| Conference and exhibition centres | 25 | 68% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live. 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 Havant. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Havant’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Three people died in collisions on Havant’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 371 collisions with injuries inside Havant in five years, in which three people died (1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist). 83 people were killed or seriously injured: 20 on foot and 22 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 Havant’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Havant’s own rate (1.3) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Havant had 35.3 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 24% 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 Havant’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Havant
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havant | 46,964 | 59.2 | 16.8 | D |
| Rowlands Castle | 2,969 | 24.4 | 11.3 | C+ |
| Waterlooville | 34,766 | 33.7 | 8.4 | C |
| Emsworth | 11,512 | 23.4 | 10.9 | B− |
| Westbourne | 1,938 | 14.6 | 14.3 | B |
| Stoke | 1,267 | 17.1 | 6.8 | B+ |
| Horndean | 34,046 | 24.2 | 7.9 | B− |
| Southbourne | 4,150 | 22 | 12.9 | B− |
Havant records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Rowlands Castle, 2 miles away, records 24.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Havant’s 59.2.
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 Havant 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 Havant
Is Havant safe?
Police recorded 59.2 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Havant’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 5% of UK towns. Among 143 UK towns of 33,000 to 63,000 people, Havant is 128th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Havant?
By council ward, Bedhampton, Barncroft and Warren Park record the least violent and household crime per resident: 33.7, 49.9 and 66.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 74.2 in Battins.
Is crime going up in Havant?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 11%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 8%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 9%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Havant?
Violence & sexual offences: 2,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (537) and public order (498), with 698 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Havant compare with Portsmouth?
Portsmouth records 53.5 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Havant’s 59.2 and 16.8, 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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