Fareham Town
WardEast Fareham. About 6,731 people in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in Fareham Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Fareham Town compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Fareham Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Fareham Town at a rate of 198.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.1 per 1,000 people across Fareham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Fareham Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (427), other crime (221) and shoplifting (199).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Fareham
These figures are published for the whole of Fareham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Fareham and not Fareham Town alone. See Fareham
Fareham Town in brief
Fareham Town had 6,603 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in Fareham Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Fareham Town, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Fareham Town, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.