Crime and Safety in Farnborough, Hampshire
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Farnborough is the second safest major town in Hampshire, and is the 60th most dangerous overall out of Hampshire's 268 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Farnborough in 2026 is 49 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Hampshire's overall crime rate, coming in 21% lower than the Hampshire rate of 63 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Farnborough is among the top 10 safest major towns, and the 3,299th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In October 2020, Farnborough had the worst crime rate in Hampshire for robbery, with 15 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.19 per 1,000 daytime population. And in January 2026, Farnborough was the worst major town in Hampshire for possession of weapons, with 9 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.12 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Farnborough residents, when it was Hampshire's most dangerous major town for robbery, recording 6 crimes at a rate of 0.08 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Farnborough are violence and sexual offences, with 1,762 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 23. This is 7% lower than 2025's figure of 1,894 offences and a difference of 1.64 from 2025's crime rate of 24. Farnborough's least common crime is theft from the person, with 25 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 14% from 2025's figure of 22 crimes.
Farnborough 2026 Crime Scorecard
Second Safest
Major Towns, Hampshire
19% lower, regional crime rate
South East
31% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Farnborough is 19% lower than the South East and 31% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Farnborough Crime Rate Over Time
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Farnborough Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Farnborough represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Farnborough's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Farnborough up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Farnborough's 1,420 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Farnborough • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Farnborough has a crime risk score of 422. This is based on analysis of 1,420 nearby areas within Farnborough, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Farnborough's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Farnborough, crime risk scores are typically around 422, while in Hampshire they are average 467.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 468 (470 for Hampshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 521 (Hampshire 472).
Trends in Crime Risk
Farnborough
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 5% in Farnborough's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Farnborough's crime risk score is down by 21%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Farnborough's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 10%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Farnborough
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Farnborough • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 0.94 reports per 1,000 people in Farnborough, which is 1.11 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 73 crime reports logged by Hampshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Hampshire Police recorded 438 reports of Shoplifting in Farnborough, resulting in a crime rate of 5.67 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.87.
The crime rate for Vehicle Crime is 0.87 times the national average at 3.44 reports per 1,000. This is from 266 crime reports reported to Hampshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Farnborough
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.88 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.30 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 193% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.10 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 77% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Farnborough
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.64 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.70 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.74 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.38 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 95% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.78 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.75 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 4.0% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Farnborough • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Farnborough | Hampshire | South East | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 473 | 6.09 | 0.43 | 16,767 | 7.84 | 0.55 | 115,500 | 10.87 | 0.77 |
| Bicycle Theft | 37 | 0.47 | 0.71 | 1,434 | 0.69 | 0.95 | 7,315 | 0.68 | 0.93 |
| Burglary | 125 | 1.61 | 0.56 | 5,009 | 2.35 | 0.75 | 23,535 | 2.23 | 0.71 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 253 | 3.27 | 0.57 | 10,172 | 4.75 | 0.76 | 58,501 | 5.50 | 0.88 |
| Drugs | 94 | 1.22 | 0.43 | 4,679 | 2.18 | 0.71 | 25,203 | 2.37 | 0.77 |
| Other Crime | 84 | 1.07 | 0.58 | 2,789 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 17,151 | 1.61 | 0.87 |
| Other Theft | 298 | 3.84 | 0.67 | 8,871 | 4.14 | 0.73 | 51,336 | 4.84 | 0.85 |
| Possession of Weapons | 73 | 0.94 | 1.11 | 2,421 | 1.12 | 1.32 | 8,736 | 0.81 | 0.95 |
| Public Order | 345 | 4.45 | 0.77 | 11,772 | 5.49 | 0.95 | 54,745 | 5.15 | 0.89 |
| Robbery | 35 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 1,491 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 7,588 | 0.72 | 0.61 |
| Shoplifting | 438 | 5.67 | 0.87 | 12,856 | 5.99 | 0.84 | 72,983 | 6.88 | 0.96 |
| Theft From the Person | 25 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 766 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 4,668 | 0.45 | 0.29 |
| Vehicle Crime | 266 | 3.44 | 0.87 | 6,424 | 3.00 | 0.70 | 34,099 | 3.22 | 0.75 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 1,762 | 22.73 | 0.75 | 66,157 | 30.90 | 1.02 | 286,815 | 26.98 | 0.89 |
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Total Crime by Year
Farnborough | Hampshire | South East | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 3,835 | 49.49 | 0.71 | 134,841 | 62.97 | 0.87 | 652,675 | 61.44 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 4,673 | 59.33 | 0.80 | 142,154 | 66.71 | 0.90 | 670,274 | 63.35 | 0.86 |
| 2024 | 4,431 | 56.11 | 0.75 | 143,206 | 67.71 | 0.90 | 690,903 | 65.86 | 0.87 |
| 2023 | 5,006 | 63.90 | 0.81 | 159,627 | 76.11 | 0.96 | 713,547 | 68.83 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 4,927 | 62.79 | 0.82 | 159,505 | 76.75 | 1.00 | 704,444 | 68.58 | 0.89 |
| 2021 | 3,937 | 49.85 | 0.73 | 132,111 | 63.97 | 0.93 | 625,484 | 61.36 | 0.89 |
| 2020 | 4,457 | 56.34 | 0.76 | 141,723 | 68.79 | 0.93 | 669,219 | 65.97 | 0.89 |
| 2019 | 4,317 | 54.32 | 0.71 | 142,619 | 69.41 | 0.91 | 666,505 | 65.82 | 0.86 |
| 2018 | 4,457 | 55.28 | 0.78 | 146,264 | 71.07 | 1.00 | 644,142 | 63.85 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 3,525 | 43.45 | 0.68 | 120,200 | 58.55 | 0.92 | 552,696 | 55.04 | 0.86 |
| 2016 | 950 | 11.70 | 0.62 | 33,278 | 16.23 | 0.85 | 160,273 | 15.99 | 0.84 |
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Farnborough Compared to Nearby Major Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Major Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havant | 9,458 | 70.24 | 42% more dangerous |
| Gosport | 5,876 | 68.38 | 38% more dangerous |
| Basingstoke | 9,144 | 62.40 | 26% more dangerous |
| Farnborough | 3,835 | 49.49 | - |
| Fareham | 5,973 | 46.29 | 6% safer |
Comparing Farnborough to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Farnborough | 49.49 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 61% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 67% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 70% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 98% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 111% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 112% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 115% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 116% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 118% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 153% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Farnborough's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Farnborough that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cove Football Club | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Hawley Farm Open Space | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Hawley Community Gardens | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 3 |
| Cove Green | 13 | - | 8 | - | 10 | 33 |
| Farnborough Rugby Union Football Club | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 15 | 16 |
| Birchett Road Allotment | 2 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 13 |
| Birchwood Reserve | 2 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 13 |
| Moor Road Recreation Ground | 8 | 2 | 3 | - | 13 | 9 |
| Ship Lane Cemetery | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| Southwood Country Park | 88 | 3 | 7 | - | 24 | 22 |
| Queen Elizabeth Park | 4 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 13 |
| Cove Brook | 2 | - | 3 | - | 15 | 21 |
| Cherrywood Road Allotments | 8 | - | 1 | - | 14 | 5 |
| Oak Farm Playing Fields | 2 | - | 5 | - | 8 | 3 |
| Cove Bowling Club | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Horn Road Allotments | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Brookhouse Road Allotments | - | 1 | 4 | - | 19 | 4 |
| Prospect Road Allotments | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Cove Green Allotments | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Victoria Road Cemetery | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 10 |
| Osborne Road Recreation Ground | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Wavell Sports Hall | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 6 |
| Napier Gardens | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | 8 | 9 |
| King George's Field | 8 | 2 | 4 | - | 12 | 11 |
| Queen's Road Recreation Ground | 2 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 13 |
| Park Road Allotments | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Salesian College Sports Ground | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Farnborough Gate Bowling Club | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Pinewood Park | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | 29 | 12 |
| Bramshot Farm Country Park | 2 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 8 |
Recent Crimes in Farnborough
The 20 most recent crime reports in Farnborough.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Baird Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Kestrel Road | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Highgate Lane | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Baird Road | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Elm Grove Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Dartford End | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near The Potteries | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Baird Road | |
| April 2026 | Possession of weapons | On or near Kestrel Road | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Farnborough Gate | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Northmead | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Highgate Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Wren Way | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Perring Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Nightjar Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sherington Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Fernhill Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Farnborough Gate | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Kestrel Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Farnborough Gate |
Methodology & Data Sources
Farnborough Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Farnborough during July 2026 will typically become available in September 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Farnborough Data Points
For Farnborough, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63005482.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Farnborough's daytime - or "workday" - population of 51,491 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Farnborough