Crime Statistics for Botley, Eastleigh, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 27 street level crime incidents in Botley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Burglary, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Burglary	6
Violent Crime	5
Other Theft	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Shoplifting	2
Public Order	2
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	27

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Boorley Green (0.88 miles)	89
Long Common (0.88 miles)	89
Broadoak (0.62 miles)	61
Hedge End (1.39 miles)	51
Burridge (1.86 miles)	44
Curbridge (1.39 miles)	42
Botley	27
Durley (1.86 miles)	18
Row Ash (1.86 miles)	9
Curdridge (1.24 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Botley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Boorley Green	37
Long Common	37
Broadoak	24
Burridge	23
Curbridge	19
Hedge End	16
Durley	9
Row Ash	6
Botley	5
Curdridge	2

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

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 Botley 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 Botley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bitterne	87
2	Bursledon & Hound North	76
3	Sholing	73
4	West End North	44
5	Botley	39
6	Hedge End South	37
7	Park Gate	31
8	Locks Heath	27
9	Sarisbury	27
10	Hedge End North	25
11	Whiteley and Shedfield	16

Which road in Botley has the highest level of crime?

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