Romsey Town
Middle areaSouth Test Valley. 5,854 people in 2.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Romsey Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Romsey Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Romsey Town at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.7 per 1,000 people across Test Valley.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 171 |
| Shoplifting | 128 |
| Other crime | 99 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 65 |
| Burglary | 37 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 30 |
| Vehicle crime | 26 |
| Drug offences | 14 |
| Robbery | 14 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Romsey Town compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Romsey Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Romsey Town at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.7 per 1,000 people across Test Valley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Romsey Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (171), shoplifting (128) and other crime (99).
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 Test Valley
These figures are published for the whole of Test Valley, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Test Valley and not Romsey Town alone. See Test Valley
Romsey Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Romsey Town was £380,000 in 2025.
Romsey Town had 5,857 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Romsey Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Romsey Town, 79.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.