Crime Rate in Romsey, ward

Romsey has the 6th lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Cambridge district and the 3013th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 292nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Romsey in the last 12 months was 75.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% lower than the Cambridge district average (111.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Romsey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 225 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , up 40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 72.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 309 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Romsey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 108 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wycliffe Road (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.