# Crime and justice in Hart The west of the South East. 103,335 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 215 square kilometres. 13 layers about crime and justice for Hart, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) ## Is Hart safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hart at a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 people. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 381 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hart. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,787), other crime (852) and anti-social behaviour (727). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hart was 46.3 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Recorded crime rate Hart: **44.2 per 1,000** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates. Published 30 September 2026. In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hart at a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 people. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East. - Against South East: 46% lower (81.3 per 1,000) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime-rate?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/recorded-crime-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/recorded-crime-rate/south-east) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-rate ## Crime and anti-social behaviour Hart: **381** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/recorded-crime) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-count ## Anti-social behaviour Hart: **727** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/anti-social-behaviour?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/anti-social-behaviour) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-anti-social ## Burglary Hart: **152** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/burglary?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/burglary) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-burglary ## Criminal damage and arson Hart: **374** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/criminal-damage-and-arson?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/criminal-damage-and-arson) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-damage ## Drug offences Hart: **108** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/drug-offences?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/drug-offences) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-drugs ## Other crime Hart: **852** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/other-crime?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/other-crime) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-other ## Robbery Hart: **26** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/robbery?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/robbery) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-robbery ## Shoplifting Hart: **274** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/shoplifting?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/shoplifting) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-shoplifting ## Theft from the person Hart: **21** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/theft-from-the-person?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/theft-from-the-person) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-theft-person ## Vehicle crime Hart: **242** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/vehicle-crime?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/vehicle-crime) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-vehicle ## Violence and sexual offences Hart: **1,787** (August 2026, council level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Source: Police.uk. Published 30 September 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/violence-and-sexual-offences?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/violence-and-sexual-offences) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-violence ## Street-level crime Map point level, England, Wales and Northern Ireland only. Source: Police.uk. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Hart. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?place=E07000089) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime) · https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-street-crime ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/housing) (17) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/planning) (3) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/hart/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E07000089/data?family=crime ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime#l-crime-rate. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/hart/crime