Crime Statistics for Rownhams, Test Valley, Hampshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rownhams in August 2024. There were a total of 112 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rownhams, 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	33
Vehicle Crime	16
Shoplifting	12
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	7
Other Crime	6
Public Order	6
Other Theft	5
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	112

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lordswood (1.76 miles)	548
Lord’s Hill (1.24 miles)	511
Maybush (1.86 miles)	352
Redbridge (1.95 miles)	307
Rownhams	112
Aldermoor (1.39 miles)	106
Nursling (0.88 miles)	98
Chilworth Old Village (1.39 miles)	16
Toothill (0.88 miles)	7
Ashfield (1.76 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Rownhams?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Lord’s Hill	283
Lordswood	191
Maybush	160
Redbridge	144
Aldermoor	95
Nursling	49
Rownhams	33
Toothill	4
Chilworth Old Village	3
Ashfield	1

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

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 Rownhams 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 Rownhams compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rownhams and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Rownhams is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Redbridge	94
2	Millbrook	87
3	Shirley	81
4	Coxford	77
5	Totton East	74
6	Totton North	71
7	Bassett	56
8	Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams	40
9	Romsey Abbey	36
10	Blackwater	30
11	Romsey Tadburn	23

Which road in Rownhams has the highest level of crime?

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