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New Forest

175,785 people · median £385,000

High wellbeing
New Forest Council · Conservative minority — no overall control   24/48 seats · 50% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 6 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

6438019591,117Aug 2025Jul 20261,071
Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district
Per 1,000 / month6
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences
4,450
Anti-social behaviour
1,035
Criminal damage and arson
936
Public order
788
Other theft
678
Shoplifting
612
Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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