Yes, Odiham is safe, and village gossip easily outpaces the crime. Crime runs about a third below the rest of Hart. Hardly anyone is out of work. Hardly anyone lives in an overcrowded home. The one number worth a second look is burglary, and even that comes from a small total.
In the year from June 2025 to May 2026, police recorded 221 crimes in Odiham. The published rate is about 32 crimes per 1,000 residents, about 31% below the average for the local authority. That's a low figure in an area that is already quiet.
To put the two numbers side by side: Hart as a whole runs at about 47 crimes per 1,000 residents over the same period, and Odiham at about 32. The district isn't a trouble spot to start with, so being well below its average means something.
The area has few of the pressures that usually come with higher crime. It's a village of about 1,410 people per square kilometre on average. Unemployment is about 2% and about 1% of households are overcrowded. That describes the kind of place Odiham is, not why its crime is low.
The mix of crimes needs a caveat before any numbers. The total is small, so a handful of incidents can move any share by several points, and none of these shares should be read as a settled feature of the village. With that said, violence and sexual offences make up about 39% of recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. That's close to the national share, and the category covers a wide legal range, including common assault with no injury. Anti-social behaviour is about 12%, below the national 16%. Burglary stands out at about 10% against about 4% nationally, which is worth locking the back door over, but on a base this small it could be one bad month. Other theft is about 9% against 7%, public order about 9% against 7%, and criminal damage and arson about 8% against 7%.
Charging is a different question from how safe a place is. Hampshire Constabulary charges a suspect in about 9% of cases across the whole force, against about 12% nationally, which puts it 38th of 42 forces on this measure. About 35% of the force's cases close with no suspect identified. That's a force-wide figure, not a verdict on Odiham's streets. If something is taken, don't count on getting it back.
Safety is one of Odiham's real strengths. Crime is low by the standards of an already quiet district, and the only figure that stands out rests on too few incidents to settle anything.