Crime Statistics for Hedge End, Eastleigh, Hampshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hedge End in October 2024. There were a total of 63 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 Hedge End, 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	26
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	6
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Vehicle Crime	4
Shoplifting	4
Other Theft	3
Other Crime	2
Drugs	2
Burglary	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	63

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 Hedge End. 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 Hedge End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Harefield (1.96 miles)	270
Netley Hill (1.39 miles)	216
Hatch Bottom (1.75 miles)	171
Boorley Green (1.39 miles)	115
Long Common (1.39 miles)	115
Broadoak (0.88 miles)	76
Hedge End	63
Lower Swanwick (1.86 miles)	44
Burridge (1.76 miles)	40
Botley (1.39 miles)	29

Where are the most violent places near Hedge End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harefield	232
Netley Hill	112
Hatch Bottom	76
Boorley Green	52
Long Common	52
Broadoak	33
Hedge End	26
Burridge	16
Lower Swanwick	14
Botley	11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hedge End?

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 Hedge End 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 Hedge End compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Woolston	88
2	Bitterne	87
3	Harefield	85
4	Bursledon & Hound North	76
5	Sholing	73
6	West End South	68
7	Hamble & Netley	48
8	Botley	39
9	Hedge End South	37
10	Sarisbury	27
11	Hedge End North	25

Which road in Hedge End has the highest level of crime?

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