Hampshire Police

Cllr George Madgwick, left and Cllr Terry Norton, who has taken over as leader of Reform UK on Hampshire County Council

Reform UK names new Hampshire leader after George Madgwick suspended

PC Chris Davis and retired PD Rocky

Police Dog Rocky and his handler recognised by special award

George Madgwick

Madgwick faces calls to quit Portsmouth and Hampshire council roles

Stolen car recovered by Hampshire Police in Portsmouth

Two men arrested after stolen car was recovered in Portsmouth

Police and protesters in Gosport after police closed off the access road to Haslar Marina, after British rescue boats have been sent to collect the passengers of a migrant dinghy which has spent around 30 hours at sea. Picture date: Tuesday September 22, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Trevor Adams/PA Wire

Face coverings banned and dispersal order issued ahead of protests

Commercial Road in PortsmouthPhoto: Sarah Standing

Immigration checks conducted on Commercial Road

R-L: Kirsty Gregory (Operations Manager), Daniel Godel (Digital Contact Systems & Demand Manager) and Louise Castle (Digital Contact Systems & Demand Manager)

Meet Bobbi, Hampshire Police's AI officer nominated for an award

Police have arrested a man

Police arrest Portsmouth man on suspicion of burglary in Fareham

Crime is up 22% in Waterlooville

Waterlooville crime up 22% as police warn of 'significant' rise

Hampshire Police tackling rural crime

Police 'must work smarter' with tech to combat rural gangs

New chief constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Scott Chilton. Pic Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner

Hampshire's former top cop ‘dishonest and entitled’ over two affairs

A man was arrested in Park Gate in the early hours of Wednesday, October 7.

Police update on man arrested after shop windows smashed

Police presence at Portsmouth vs Southampton fixture.

Warning as "big policing operation" planned for Pompey Saints

The windows of the coaches were smashed in

Coaches thought to be linked to migrant landings attacked at services

A man was arrested in Park Gate in the early hours of Wednesday, October 7.

Man terrorises garage staff in early hours of the morning

Chief Constable Scott Chilton in Commercial Road, Portsmouth, on Monday, March 4, 2024.

Hampshire's ex-top cop 'had sex on duty' - and given bizarre nickname
Scott Chilton has declined to attend a disciplinary hearing - which has heard he had affairs with two female police officers
Tom Morton

Greggs in Gosport High Street

Man throws a chair around and threatens group outside branch of Greggs

A Hampshire man has admitted having sex with 14-year-old girls. Patrick Sheppard, 19, of no fixed abode, was jailed for two years and 11 months at Southampton Crown Court on Friday, October 2, 2026 having admitted two counts of sexual activity with a child at the same court on Wednesday, April 29. The offences happened at Totton and Nursling in Southampton

Man admits having sex with 14-year-old girls

Police are looking for this man after £4,000 a beauty products were stolen from the Marks and Spencer store in Tollbar Way, Hedge End, on Thursday, August 20 and Saturday, August 22.

£4,000 of beauty products stolen from Marks and Spencer

A car collided with a shop at the junction of Penhale Road and Fratton Road in Fratton, Portsmouth, on Saturday, October 3, 2026

Car crashes into food store on busy Portsmouth shopping street

Vickrum Digwa was jailed at Southampton Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak (Hampshire Police/PA)

Henry Nowak killer’s appeal against sentence to be heard in November

It cost £500,000 for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary to police the south-coast derby matches in 2025-26. Picture: Graham Hunt/ProSportsImages

Breaking Pompey and Southampton police costs cut after soaring to £500,000

Protesters gathered outside the Hampshire Constabulary Police Investigation Centre in Basingstoke following the arrest of far-right activist Daniel Thomas, also known as Danny Tommo, after he was filmed slashing the side of a dinghy in the English Channel with a rescue crew member still on board. Picture: PA Wire

200 protesters gather at police station after arrest of 'Danny Tommo'

Patriot Platform founder Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo speaking to Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf in Portsmouth

Danny Tommo charged with criminal damage after boat slashed

Protestors remain on site despite confirmation that migrants were no longer arriving.

Crowd gathers in Gosport in protest to migrant arrival - in pictures

Protestors remain on site despite confirmation that migrants were no longer arriving.

More details about six arrests made after Channel crossing protests

The last remaining protestors.

Six arrests made as police also investigate ‘slashing’ of migrant boat
Six arrests made as police also investigate ‘slashing’ of migrant boat
Kelly Brown

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of exposure following a series of incidents across the Milton Keynes and Buckingham areas

Man arrested after Eastney protest - search still on for three men

Police are asking for help in identifying these three men following the protest in Eastney on September 6.

Portsmouth man arrested for violent disorder at anti-migrant protest

Carole Langley died at the property in Cyprus Road, Portsmouth

A man has been charged with murder following death of a pensioner

Police on Albert Road on Wednesday, September 9. Three males with knives had been seen entering and leaving a block of flats on Villiers Road in Portsmouth. Officers attended and searched the area, where they located a 15-year-old boy from Portsmouth on Albert Road, who was subsequently arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.

Police update after boy arrested for carrying knife in Albert Road

Anti-migrant and anti-racist protestors faced off in Portsmouth's Guildhall Square

In pictures: protestors face off on Guildhall Square

Lesley Dunne, the owner of The Self Care Retreat Cosham

'Disgusting' incident sparks outraged letter to Home Secretary

Donna Jones

Hampshire police apprenticeship leaders told to improve

Donna Jones

Hampshire police apprenticeship leaders told to improve

Fatal Gosport Morrisons car park incident that left a woman dead

Police continue to appeal for witnesses after woman dies in crash

Do you know the dog walker that might have witnessed a burglary in Ruskington? Photo: Lincs Police

Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries after car collision

A Morecambe man has appeared in court on child sex images charges.

Police urge people to look out for missing teenage girl from Hampshire

Shocking dash cam footage shows Tia Paget dangerously speeding away from police

Drug driver high on a cocktail of drugs is banned after 130mph pursuit

Police have found a second body while investigating a fire in Batley.

Boy was savagely attacked in the street as police appeal for witnesses

The body was found by officers investigating the fire

Arrest made following reports of a woman causing ‘multiple issues’

The derelict care home was destroyed in the fire.

Second arson arrest made after fire which gutted a former care home

The Pelham Arms in Chichester Road, Portsmouth

Police carry out drugs raid at Portsmouth pub

Skye Nicholls, 23, was found dead at her home address in Lindford, East Hampshire, on 9 June 2023.
Her then-partner 26-year-old James Edwards from Horndean was charged with two counts of engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour, to which he pleaded guilty on 1 September 2025. Police learned Skye had experienced verbal abuse from Edwards who would threaten her with physical violence, subjected her to vile insults, and on occasions told her to kill herself during their seven-month relationship

Parents' heartbreak as woman dies by suicide after domestic abuse

The A34 at Whitchurch in Hampshire

Police issue safety warning after Audi TT and HGV collide in Hampshire

The M3 near Winchester on Saturday, August 8, 2026

Motorway crash causes delays for drivers in Hampshire

Operation Greenwood took place on Friday evening.

Picture released after three people were assaulted in a pub

Mounted Police on the road outside Fratton Park ahead of the EFL Sky Bet Championship match between Portsmouth and Southampton at Fratton Park

Pompey V Southampton derby cost set to hit £500k, commissioner reveals

City shop sold girls booze 'if they were wearing skimpy clothing'

Alcohol and drug paraphernalia left in Gosport

Alcohol and drug paraphernalia found as police crack down on yobs

A pigeon that was attacked under South Parade Pier in Portsmouth, on Friday, June 26

Three boys arrested after pigeons killed in Portsmouth

Armed police and fire crews have been deployed to Portchester Precinct, with part of the area "sealed off" from the public.

Two men arrested after cannabis factory is found

Knowle Lane car park, Fair Oak

Council in Hampshire sends out notice about traveller encampment

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary are supporting Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week.

Hampshire Police supports Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week

This is the face of a suspected burglar who was caught ransacking a woman’s house before fleeing with cash and jewellery.
Hampshire Constabulary has released an e-fit of the man to whom they wish to speak after the incident in Catherington Lane, Horndean.
The woman, who is in her 70s, returned to her home to find that the window on her front door and been smashed and a burglar was inside. he fled on a bicycle with cash and jewellery.
Police want to speak to the man, who was white, in his 40s, 5ft 11in with an athletic build. He had grey hair which was short on the sides and longer on the top, and wore a dark top, shorts and trainers. He left on a dark blue or black Carrera bike.

Do you recognise this burglar?

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