Crime Rate in Harefield, ward

Harefield has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Southampton district and the 2201st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 281st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Harefield in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% lower than the Southampton district average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Harefield’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 564 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -39.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 719 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Harefield ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 89 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Minstead Avenue (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.