Crime Statistics for Waterlooville, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 150 street level crime incidents in Waterlooville in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Waterlooville, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	52
Shoplifting	38
Public Order	18
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	5
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Burglary	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Other Crime	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	150

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Waterlooville. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Waterlooville

We've taken the ten nearest places to Waterlooville and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Waterlooville has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stockheath (2.24 miles)	345
Durrants (2.48 miles)	214
Wecock (1.24 miles)	197
Waterlooville	150
Bedhampton (2.24 miles)	128
Forest of Bere (1.81 miles)	111
Anmore (1.39 miles)	106
Lovedean (1.86 miles)	103
Mead End (1.75 miles)	32
Furzeley Corner (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Waterlooville?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Waterlooville and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Stockheath	132
Durrants	112
Wecock	79
Forest of Bere	61
Lovedean	54
Waterlooville	52
Anmore	46
Bedhampton	36
Mead End	18
Furzeley Corner	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Waterlooville?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Waterlooville to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Waterlooville compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Waterlooville and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Waterlooville is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Barncroft	88
2	Warren Park	86
3	Bedhampton	67
4	Hart Plain	62
5	Stakes	57
6	Purbrook	40
7	Waterloo	37
8	Cowplain	35
9	Denmead	31
10	Drayton and Farlington	28
11	Horndean Catherington	18

Which road in Waterlooville has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Waterlooville with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Houghton Avenue.