Crime Statistics for Abbotswood, Test Valley, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 76 street level crime incidents in Abbotswood in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Other Theft.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Other Theft	14
Burglary	12
Violent Crime	9
Public Order	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Shoplifting	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	76

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cupernham (0.62 miles)	121
Abbotswood	76
Halterworth (1.39 miles)	53
Crampmoor (1.39 miles)	40
Lower Ratley (2.48 miles)	3
Timsbury (1.39 miles)	2
Awbridge (1.86 miles)	2
Gosport (1.96 miles)	1
Knapp (2.48 miles)	1
Ampfield (2.48 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Abbotswood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cupernham	17
Abbotswood	9
Halterworth	9
Crampmoor	6
Lower Ratley	1
Awbridge	1
Timsbury	0
Gosport	0
Knapp	0
Ampfield	0

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

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 Abbotswood 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 Abbotswood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Abbotswood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Abbotswood is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams	40
2	Romsey Abbey	36
3	Ampfield & Braishfield	32
4	Blackwater	30
5	Romsey Cupernham	29
6	North Baddesley	24
7	Romsey Tadburn	23
8	Chandler's Ford	20
9	Alderbury and Whiteparish	16
10	Hiltingbury	13
11	Valley Park	4

Which road in Abbotswood has the highest level of crime?

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