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Overview of New Forest crime rate

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With a medium crime rating, New Forest is positioned 14th amongst 25 neighbouring districts in terms of crime rates. The area noted 12,676 crimes in 2023, against a population of 175,785, leading to a crime rate of 72.11 per 1,000 people, a 10.41% decrease from the year before.

The most frequently reported crimes in New Forest are Violence and sexual offences (37.5%), Criminal damage and arson (10.0%), and Public order (9.8%), with the rarest being Possession of weapons (1.2%), Theft from the person (0.5%), and Robbery (0.4%).

Among its 34 wards, those with the highest crime rates include Boldre and Sway (137.5), Totton East (123.4), and Milton (New Forest) (116.5), while the safest are Bashley (35.2), Barton (New Forest) (34.7), and Hordle (24.9).

Within its postcode districts, the highest crime rates are observed in PO1 (279.1), SO43 (163.0), and SO40 (154.0), with the safest being BH24 (58.7), BH21 (36.4), and SP5 (35.8).

In New Forest, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 2.9% in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences by 4.17% in 2021 and 1.53% in 2022. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 1.54% in 2021, 4.22% in 2022, and 2.06% in 2023, Burglary by 1.53% in 2020 and 2.93% in 2023, Other theft by 1.62% in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences by 1.83% in 2023.

New Forest crime incidents by crime type

A total of 12676 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 4751 (37.5)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1265 (10.0)%
Public order – 1240 (9.8)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1086 (8.6)%
Other theft – 981 (7.7)%
Shoplifting – 955 (7.5)%
Vehicle crime – 709 (5.6)%
Burglary – 689 (5.4)%
Drugs – 375 (3.0)%
Other crime – 183 (1.4)%
Bicycle theft – 172 (1.4)%
Possession of weapons – 155 (1.2)%
Theft from the person – 68 (0.5)%
Robbery – 47 (0.4)%

How does New Forest compare against nearby areas ?

New Forest ranks 14th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas New Forest is compared against

Crime rates in New Forest wards

There are 34 wards within New Forest. Boldre and Sway, Totton East, Milton (New Forest) has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 34 wards from high crime rate to low.