Postcode district · Fleet
Crime in GU51
How much crime is recorded in GU51, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Hart
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 33,163 (2024)
How safe is GU51
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in GU51, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
GU51National
Violence and sexual offences14.223.6
Anti-social behaviour5.410.7
Burglary4.99.1
Shoplifting4.28.4
Other theft2.74.5
Public order2.74.6
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Drugs1.32.4
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.