Hampshire crime stats
April 2024

The overall crime rate in Hampshire county is 94.3 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 65.0k crimes were violent crimes which is 39.4% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 106% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 33.9% over the last twelve months.The category of "possession of weapons crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Possession of weapons crime" rate is at 129% of national crime rate which puts Hampshire on 8. position out of 52 England's and Wales' counties in this crime category. "Possession of weapons crime" makes up 1.2% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 2.1k cases and has increased by 3.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of April 2023 - March 2024.

Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Ranking (52 counties)	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
Violent crime →	39.4%	22. highest	106%	65.0k	-11.4%
Antisocial behaviour crime →	10.6%	13. lowest	64%	17.4k	-16.7%
Public order crime →	9.3%	16. highest	116%	15.4k	-21.4%
Shoplifting crime →	8.0%	23. highest	105%	13.2k	33.9%
Criminal damage and arson crime →	7.9%	22. lowest	95%	13.0k	-12.7%
Other theft crime →	6.8%	21. lowest	83%	11.2k	-5.3%
Vehicle crime →	5.8%	21. highest	90%	9.5k	-13.0%
Burglary crime →	4.1%	22. highest	94%	6.8k	-14.7%
Drugs crime →	3.0%	15. highest	104%	4.9k	6.6%
Other crime →	1.4%	7. lowest	71%	2.2k	-12.6%
Possession of weapons crime →	1.2%	8. highest	129%	2.1k	3.4%
Bicycle theft crime →	1.2%	17. highest	103%	1.9k	-33.1%
Robbery crime →	0.7%	25. lowest	53%	1.1k	-8.6%
Theft from the person crime →	0.6%	25. highest	31%	1.0k	-15.3%
Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Crime rate ranking	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
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