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BH23 8

4,289 people · median £461,500 · New Forest

Cleaner air than mostHigh wellbeing
New Forest Council · Conservative minority — no overall control   24/48 seats · 50% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 4.2 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

8152128Aug 2025Jul 202618
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month4.2
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Violence and sexual offences
89
Criminal damage and arson
25
Other theft
22
Anti-social behaviour
19
Public order
17
Burglary
12
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, 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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