Yes. Hampton is safe, and most of its crime falls under nuisance. Crime runs a little below the rest of the borough. Violence makes up a smaller share than it does nationally. Most of the complaints are about antisocial behaviour and shoplifting. Read through Hampton's crime list and it sounds like the minutes of a residents' association meeting.
The Metropolitan Police recorded 1,984 crimes in Hampton in the year to May 2026, starting from June 2025. The published rate works out at about 69 per 1,000 residents, roughly 6% below the average for Richmond upon Thames. That rate is calculated on a different population base from the census headcount, so dividing one number by the other will not give the same answer.
Across Richmond upon Thames as a whole, the rate is about 74 per 1,000, against Hampton's 69. The gap is small, and Hampton comes out on the better side of it.
Hampton is denser than its parkland suggests, at about 5,850 people per square kilometre on average across its neighbourhoods. Unemployment is about 3%, and about 5% of households are overcrowded. That makes Hampton a busy outer suburb of people in work with enough room at home. A royal park, a reservoir works and nine conservation areas produce very little crime.
The mix is milder than the national picture. Violence and sexual offences make up about 27% of Hampton's recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. That category covers everything from serious assault to a push with no injury, and it is the biggest category almost everywhere. Antisocial behaviour runs at about 21% against 16% nationally, and shoplifting at about 12% against 8%. Vehicle crime is about 7% against 5%. Criminal damage and arson are level with the national share at about 7%, and other theft is about 6% against 7%. Hampton reports more of the minor offences and less of the serious kind. The shoplifting comes mostly from Hampton Hill High Street and the village shops, where staff have more trouble with people leaving without paying than with people starting fights. Look up the exact street on the police's own crime map for the past year, since the area rate covers the high street and the cul-de-sacs together.
Catching anyone is a separate question, and the answer comes from the whole of the Metropolitan Police. It charges a suspect in about 10% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which ranks it 33rd of 42 forces. About 53% of its cases are closed with no suspect identified. Those figures cover all of London, from Hampton to the busiest parts of the West End, and they say nothing about how safe Hampton is. They show what is likely to happen after a crime is reported here.
Safety is one of Hampton's stronger points. Crime is a little below the borough average and mostly minor.