Crime Statistics for Barton on Sea, New Forest, Hampshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Barton on Sea in October 2024. There were a total of 91 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barton on Sea, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime42
Criminal Damage Arson8
Vehicle Crime7
Shoplifting7
Burglary4
Public Order4
Other Theft4
Anti Social Behaviour4
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
Drugs1
All Crime91

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barton on Sea. 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 Barton on Sea

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ashley (1.22 miles)136
New Milton (0.89 miles)115
Barton on Sea91
Bashley Park (2.09 miles)50
Walkford (1.59 miles)36
Bashley (2.09 miles)27
Highcliffe (1.63 miles)16
Beckley (1.73 miles)15
Ashley Clinton (1.58 miles)1
Downton (1.58 miles)1

7.87%
of Barton (New Forest) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Barton on Sea?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ashley61
New Milton51
Barton on Sea42
Bashley Park22
Walkford12
Bashley12
Beckley7
Highcliffe2
Ashley Clinton0
Downton0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barton on Sea?

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 Barton on Sea 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 Barton on Sea compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barton on Sea and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Barton on Sea is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Milton52
2Brockenhurst and Forest South East48
3Bransgore and Burley45
4Becton44
5Burton & Grange42
6Fernhill40
7Bashley24
8Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe17
9Barton11
10Hordle9
11Highcliffe & Walkford7

Which road in Barton on Sea has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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