Crime Rate in Waterloo, ward

Waterloo has the 4th highest crime rate of 12 wards in Havant district and the 1980th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 238th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Waterloo in the last 12 months was 94.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Havant district average (88.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waterloo’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 350 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 450 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waterloo ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.