Crime Rate in Petersfield St Peter's, ward

Petersfield St Peter's has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 wards in East Hampshire district and the 3532nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 505th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Petersfield St Peter's in the last 12 months was 68.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% higher than the East Hampshire district average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Petersfield St Peter's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 162 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 239 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Petersfield St Peter's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 75 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around North Road (29 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.