Crime Statistics for Andover Down, Test Valley, Hampshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Andover Down in September 2024. There were a total of 35 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Andover Down, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	14
Public Order	5
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Drugs	3
Shoplifting	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Burglary	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	35

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Andover Down. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Andover Down

We've taken the ten nearest places to Andover Down and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Andover Down has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Andover (1.86 miles)	174
Knights Enham (2.63 miles)	116
Charlton (2.77 miles)	87
Little London (2.78 miles)	40
Andover Down	35
Upper Enham (3.1 miles)	26
Enham Alamein (3.1 miles)	26
Upper Clatford (2.77 miles)	7
Longparish (2.56 miles)	3
Forton (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Andover Down?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Andover Down and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Andover	79
Knights Enham	73
Charlton	49
Little London	22
Upper Enham	20
Enham Alamein	20
Andover Down	14
Upper Clatford	3
Longparish	1
Forton	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Andover Down?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Andover Down to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Andover Down compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Andover Down and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.

#	Ward	Score
1	Andover Romans	78
2	Andover St Mary's	66
3	Andover Harroway	50
4	Andover Winton	41
5	Bourne Valley	36
6	Harewood	35
7	Andover Millway	27
8	Charlton & the Pentons	15
9	Whitchurch	14
10	Anna	13

Which road in Andover Down has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Andover Down with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.