Yes. Four Marks is safe enough that local gossip travels faster than local crime. The rate sits well below the district average. Anti-social behaviour barely registers. The number of crimes is small enough that a single bad month shows up in the figures. Quiet is the default here.
In the year to May 2026, the published crime rate for Four Marks was about 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, roughly 41% below the East Hampshire average. That covers 361 recorded crimes across the twelve months. Both are published police figures, and the rate is calculated on a statistical-area population, so don't try to rebuild it from the headcount.
To make the comparison concrete, East Hampshire as a whole ran at about 48 crimes per 1,000 residents over the same period, against about 29 in Four Marks. The district isn't a crime hotspot to begin with, and Four Marks still comes in well under it.
The shape of the place fits the numbers. Averaged across its statistical areas, Four Marks has about 2,170 people per square kilometre, which is suburban rather than rural. Unemployment is about 1%, and about 1% of households are overcrowded. That's a settled, comfortable village, not a pressure cooker. None of this proves why crime is low, but it describes the kind of neighbourhood these numbers come from.
The mix needs care, because the totals are small and a handful of incidents can move a share by several points. With that caveat, violence and sexual offences made up about 45% of recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. That's the largest category almost everywhere, and it's a broad legal grouping that includes common assault without injury, so the label sounds worse than much of what it covers. Burglary made up about 9%, against about 4% nationally, which is the figure a buyer will want to ask about. On a base this small, though, it's a handful of cases rather than a pattern. Criminal damage and arson ran at about 9% (7% nationally), other theft at about 8% (7%), and vehicle crime at about 6% (5%), all close to the national shares. Anti-social behaviour was about 8%, against about 16% nationally: roughly half. A village that goes quiet early doesn't produce much of it. Treat the whole mix as a snapshot of one year, not a settled feature of the place.
What happens after a crime is reported is a separate question from how often crime happens. Hampshire Constabulary charges a suspect in about 9% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 38th of 42 forces. About 35% of cases across the force are closed without a suspect being identified. Those are force-wide figures covering the whole county, not a measure of Four Marks, and they tell you nothing about how safe the village is. They do tell you that if a shed is broken into, the odds of anyone being charged are low.
Safety is one of Four Marks's real strengths: crime runs far below a district that is already quiet, and anti-social behaviour is uncommon. Lock the shed anyway. The chance of a break-in is low, but the chance of anyone being charged for one is lower.