Crime Rate in Rowlands Castle, ward

Rowlands Castle has the 6th highest crime rate of 31 wards in East Hampshire district and the 3458th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 611th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Rowlands Castle in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% higher than the East Hampshire district average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Rowlands Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 115 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Rowlands Castle ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Oaklands Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.