Police force area

Recorded crime: Hampshire Constabulary

12 months to June 2026

79.9recorded offences per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 164,882 offences in the Hampshire Constabulary area in the 12 months to June 2026, down 2.6% (4,410) on the previous 12 months. That is 79.9 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive
  3. force
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 2,063,185

Since 2011

Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100201520202025Year to June 2012: 104.5 per 1,000 residents · 200,057 offences · population mid-2012Year to June 2013: 89 per 1,000 residents · 171,139 offences · population mid-2013Year to June 2014: 82.3 per 1,000 residents · 159,295 offences · population mid-2014Year to June 2015: 88.4 per 1,000 residents · 172,446 offences · population mid-2015Year to June 2016: 87.8 per 1,000 residents · 172,618 offences · population mid-2016Year to June 2017: 101.9 per 1,000 residents · 201,348 offences · population mid-2017Year to June 2018: 98.5 per 1,000 residents · 195,237 offences · population mid-2018Year to June 2019: 81.9 per 1,000 residents · 162,618 offences · population mid-2019Year to June 2020: 86 per 1,000 residents · 171,110 offences · population mid-2020Year to June 2021: 91.3 per 1,000 residents · 182,718 offences · population mid-2021Year to June 2022: 98.1 per 1,000 residents · 198,248 offences · population mid-2022Year to June 2023: 92.4 per 1,000 residents · 189,091 offences · population mid-2023Year to June 2024: 82.6 per 1,000 residents · 170,233 offences · population mid-2024Year to June 2025: 82.1 per 1,000 residents · 169,292 offences · population mid-2025Year to June 2026: 79.9 per 1,000 residents · 164,882 offences · population mid-2025

Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout.Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Monthly trend

Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k15k2010201520202025December 2010: 14,347 offencesJanuary 2011: 15,767 offencesFebruary 2011: 15,548 offencesMarch 2011: 17,326 offencesApril 2011: 19,325 offencesMay 2011: 19,280 offencesJune 2011: 17,399 offencesJuly 2011: 19,922 offencesAugust 2011: 19,351 offencesSeptember 2011: 17,486 offencesOctober 2011: 18,287 offencesNovember 2011: 16,261 offencesDecember 2011: 14,564 offencesJanuary 2012: 14,968 offencesFebruary 2012: 14,540 offencesMarch 2012: 16,387 offencesApril 2012: 14,986 offencesMay 2012: 17,072 offencesJune 2012: 16,233 offencesJuly 2012: 16,388 offencesAugust 2012: 17,466 offencesSeptember 2012: 15,145 offencesOctober 2012: 14,657 offencesNovember 2012: 13,240 offencesDecember 2012: 12,059 offencesJanuary 2013: 13,717 offencesFebruary 2013: 12,259 offencesMarch 2013: 13,545 offencesApril 2013: 13,493 offencesMay 2013: 14,117 offencesJune 2013: 15,053 offencesJuly 2013: 16,487 offencesAugust 2013: 16,262 offencesSeptember 2013: 14,392 offencesOctober 2013: 13,511 offencesNovember 2013: 12,808 offencesDecember 2013: 11,680 offencesJanuary 2014: 11,112 offencesFebruary 2014: 10,541 offencesMarch 2014: 12,441 offencesApril 2014: 12,708 offencesMay 2014: 13,388 offencesJune 2014: 13,965 offencesJuly 2014: 15,365 offencesAugust 2014: 14,317 offencesSeptember 2014: 13,719 offencesOctober 2014: 13,927 offencesNovember 2014: 13,182 offencesDecember 2014: 12,747 offencesJanuary 2015: 13,376 offencesFebruary 2015: 13,009 offencesMarch 2015: 15,417 offencesApril 2015: 15,403 offencesMay 2015: 15,830 offencesJune 2015: 16,154 offencesJuly 2015: 15,973 offencesAugust 2015: 15,456 offencesSeptember 2015: 14,274 offencesOctober 2015: 14,540 offencesNovember 2015: 13,598 offencesDecember 2015: 13,286 offencesJanuary 2016: 13,198 offencesFebruary 2016: 12,962 offencesMarch 2016: 13,969 offencesApril 2016: 14,179 offencesMay 2016: 15,557 offencesJune 2016: 15,626 offencesJuly 2016: 16,965 offencesAugust 2016: 17,302 offencesSeptember 2016: 17,201 offencesOctober 2016: 17,038 offencesNovember 2016: 15,916 offencesDecember 2016: 15,249 offencesJanuary 2017: 15,451 offencesFebruary 2017: 14,834 offencesMarch 2017: 17,932 offencesApril 2017: 17,155 offencesMay 2017: 18,287 offencesJune 2017: 18,018 offencesJuly 2017: 18,350 offencesAugust 2017: 18,283 offencesSeptember 2017: 17,025 offencesOctober 2017: 18,276 offencesNovember 2017: 16,725 offencesDecember 2017: 14,903 offencesJanuary 2018: 16,259 offencesFebruary 2018: 14,525 offencesMarch 2018: 16,644 offencesApril 2018: 13,929 offencesMay 2018: 15,176 offencesJune 2018: 15,142 offencesJuly 2018: 15,965 offencesAugust 2018: 14,190 offencesSeptember 2018: 13,692 offencesOctober 2018: 14,162 offencesNovember 2018: 13,620 offencesDecember 2018: 12,396 offencesJanuary 2019: 12,774 offencesFebruary 2019: 11,792 offencesMarch 2019: 13,757 offencesApril 2019: 13,058 offencesMay 2019: 13,561 offencesJune 2019: 13,651 offencesJuly 2019: 14,713 offencesAugust 2019: 13,981 offencesSeptember 2019: 13,760 offencesOctober 2019: 14,298 offencesNovember 2019: 15,429 offencesDecember 2019: 12,708 offencesJanuary 2020: 14,883 offencesFebruary 2020: 13,832 offencesMarch 2020: 14,287 offencesApril 2020: 12,612 offencesMay 2020: 14,259 offencesJune 2020: 16,348 offencesJuly 2020: 18,071 offencesAugust 2020: 17,599 offencesSeptember 2020: 15,930 offencesOctober 2020: 14,626 offencesNovember 2020: 13,519 offencesDecember 2020: 12,412 offencesJanuary 2021: 12,033 offencesFebruary 2021: 12,272 offencesMarch 2021: 15,577 offencesApril 2021: 16,123 offencesMay 2021: 16,937 offencesJune 2021: 17,619 offencesJuly 2021: 17,466 offencesAugust 2021: 16,890 offencesSeptember 2021: 16,744 offencesOctober 2021: 17,014 offencesNovember 2021: 17,055 offencesDecember 2021: 15,261 offencesJanuary 2022: 15,602 offencesFebruary 2022: 14,848 offencesMarch 2022: 16,627 offencesApril 2022: 16,064 offencesMay 2022: 17,713 offencesJune 2022: 16,964 offencesJuly 2022: 17,890 offencesAugust 2022: 17,603 offencesSeptember 2022: 16,266 offencesOctober 2022: 16,890 offencesNovember 2022: 15,626 offencesDecember 2022: 13,271 offencesJanuary 2023: 14,578 offencesFebruary 2023: 14,348 offencesMarch 2023: 16,041 offencesApril 2023: 15,087 offencesMay 2023: 15,656 offencesJune 2023: 15,835 offencesJuly 2023: 15,728 offencesAugust 2023: 15,155 offencesSeptember 2023: 15,086 offencesOctober 2023: 14,348 offencesNovember 2023: 13,436 offencesDecember 2023: 12,778 offencesJanuary 2024: 13,484 offencesFebruary 2024: 13,133 offencesMarch 2024: 13,997 offencesApril 2024: 13,445 offencesMay 2024: 14,405 offencesJune 2024: 15,238 offencesJuly 2024: 15,933 offencesAugust 2024: 15,356 offencesSeptember 2024: 14,222 offencesOctober 2024: 14,645 offencesNovember 2024: 14,129 offencesDecember 2024: 12,886 offencesJanuary 2025: 13,481 offencesFebruary 2025: 12,645 offencesMarch 2025: 14,154 offencesApril 2025: 13,986 offencesMay 2025: 14,787 offencesJune 2025: 13,068 offencesJuly 2025: 15,873 offencesAugust 2025: 14,544 offencesSeptember 2025: 13,568 offencesOctober 2025: 13,666 offencesNovember 2025: 12,901 offencesDecember 2025: 12,302 offencesJanuary 2026: 12,582 offencesFebruary 2026: 12,077 offencesMarch 2026: 14,017 offencesApril 2026: 13,653 offencesMay 2026: 15,093 offencesJune 2026: 14,606 offences

Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviourPublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Official figures for this area

Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.

SeriesLatestA year earlierPublished
Arrests for notifiable offencesYear ending March 2025 · arrests1,0052026-08-19
Homicides (Homicide Index)Year ending March 2025 · offences1411Year ending March 2025
Offences involving a knife or sharp instrumentYear ending March 2026 · offences991991Year ending March 2026
Police officers (full-time equivalent)Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE)3,4193,370As at 31 March 2026
Police officers per 100,000 populationYear ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population166As at 31 March 2026
Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences12,49712,977Year ending March 2026
Drug offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences6,6346,132Year ending March 2026
Possession of weapons (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences2,1782,076Year ending March 2026
Public order offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences14,58414,893Year ending March 2026
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud)Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population73.6Year ending March 2026
Robbery (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences1,7341,046Year ending March 2026
Sexual offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences7,1207,198Year ending March 2026
Theft offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences41,32243,904Year ending March 2026
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud)Year ending March 2026 · offences151,788154,841Year ending March 2026
Violence against the person (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences62,29863,524Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05101520162018202020222024Year ending March 2015: 15 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2016: 6 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2017: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2018: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2019: 9 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2020: 18 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2021: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2022: 15 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2023: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2024: 11 offences · published 5 February 2026Year ending March 2025: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k201520202025Year ending March 2011: 776 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 697 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 627 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 551 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 781 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 1,003 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,113 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1,495 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1,401 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,344 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 1,205 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,278 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,293 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,050 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 991 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 991 offences · published 23 July 2026

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Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k2010201520202025Year ending March 2007: 3,887 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 3,912 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 3,811 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 3,748 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 3,658 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 3,434 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 3,397 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 3,247 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 3,064 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 2,883 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 2,896 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 2,835 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 2,697 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 2,692 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 3,040 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 3,223 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 3,337 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 3,384 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 3,370 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 3,419 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026

Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap.Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

By category, 12 months to June 2026

CategoryOffencesPrevious 12 monthsChangePer 1,000England & Wales per 1,000
Violence and sexual offences71,88168,967▲ 4.2%34.834.7
Anti-social behaviour (not a crime)18,64618,340▲ 1.7%9.015.3
Shoplifting14,09415,672▼ 10.1%6.88.3
Public order12,96314,672▼ 11.6%6.36.8
Criminal damage and arson11,03012,639▼ 12.7%5.36.9
Other theft9,76510,767▼ 9.3%4.76.5
Vehicle crime6,5747,809▼ 15.8%3.25.0
Burglary5,2316,173▼ 15.3%2.53.6
Drugs5,1795,226▼ 0.9%2.53.4
Other crime3,0033,355▼ 10.5%1.52.2
Possession of weapons2,6361,976▲ 33.4%1.31.0
Robbery1,6231,056▲ 53.7%0.81.4
Bicycle theft1,4661,618▼ 9.4%0.70.8
Theft from the person7911,022▼ 22.6%0.41.7
Public disorder and weapons000.00.0
Violent crime000.00.0

Local authorities in this force area

Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.

Source

Data
data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.
Population
ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities.
Geography
E23000030
Rate
offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place.
Method
Methodology