Photo: Basher Eyre · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Waltham Chase records less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 88% of UK towns
Violent crime was down 25% in a year. For every 1,000 residents, 16.0 violent and sexual offences and 4.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year. Waltham Chase’s overall Safety Grade is A− (#8 of 76 in Hampshire): less crime per resident than 81% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Waltham Chase
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 25% less violent crime per resident in Waltham Chase than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Waltham Chase has the 191st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Wargrave, Stone and Rostrevor, higher than Hawley, Tandragee and Stilton. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The A− for Waltham Chase, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 176 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Waltham Chase against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Waltham Chase 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 -25% (towns its size +1%).
How Waltham Chase’s neighbourhoods rank in England
100% 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.
Waltham Chase’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.
Set against 856 towns its size, Waltham Chase is 191st
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| 2 | South Wonston Hampshire | 2,686 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Charlton Hampshire | 2,121 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 106 | Bransgore Hampshire | 3,688 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 4.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 110 | Woolton Hill and Highclere Hampshire | 2,755 | 11 | 6.9 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 188 | Hawley Hampshire | 2,581 | 13.6 | 7.1 | 3.1 | A− |
| 189 | Tandragee Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 3,545 | 13.9 | 6.8 | 2.3 | A− |
| 190 | Stilton Cambridgeshire | 2,365 | 15.2 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| 191 | Waltham Chase Hampshire | 2,830 | 16 | 4.7 | 2.7 | A− |
| 192 | Trowell Nottinghamshire | 2,165 | 13.6 | 7.2 | 1.7 | A− |
| 193 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | 2,569 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 15.2 | A− |
| 194 | Eglinton Derry City and Strabane | 3,571 | 17.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | 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 Waltham Chase, and others in Hampshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 40 | 14.1 | 22.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 2.8 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 8 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 5 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 2 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 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.
Crime in Waltham Chase 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 3 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 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 Waltham Chase’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 15 collisions with injuries inside Waltham Chase in five years. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 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, and Waltham Chase is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Waltham Chase’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Waltham Chase 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 Waltham Chase’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Waltham Chase
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 16 | 4.7 | A− |
| Swanmore | 3,113 | 19.3 | 6.3 | B+ |
| Bishop's Waltham | 6,957 | 25.2 | 8.3 | B− |
| Wickham | 2,170 | 39.9 | 14.1 | C− |
| Botley | 5,900 | 38.9 | 13.5 | C− |
| Knowle | 1,487 | 54.3 | 14.1 | D |
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 29.3 | 10 | C+ |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 12.1 | 6 | A |
Waltham Chase records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Horton Heath, 4.3 miles away, records 12.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Waltham Chase’s 16.
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 Waltham Chase 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 Waltham Chase
Is Waltham Chase safe?
Police recorded 16 violent and sexual offences and 4.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Waltham Chase’s built-up area). That earns an A− for safety: less crime per resident than 81% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Waltham Chase is 191st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Waltham Chase?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 25%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 11%, shoplifting and theft rose 150% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Waltham Chase?
Violence & sexual offences: 40 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (8) and other theft (8), with 5 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Waltham Chase compare with Eastleigh?
Eastleigh records 37.8 violent and sexual offences and 10.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Waltham Chase’s 16 and 4.7, 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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