Crime Statistics for Hardley, New Forest, Hampshire, February 2022

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Hardley using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so February 2022 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 35 street level crime incidents in Hardley in February 2022. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hardley, 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	14
Shoplifting	6
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Drugs	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	35

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2022

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fawley (1.39 miles)	72
Langdown (1.39 miles)	60
Buttsash (0.88 miles)	58
Frostlane (1.24 miles)	49
Holbury (0.62 miles)	48
Little Holbury (0.62 miles)	36
Hardley	35
Ashlett (1.96 miles)	31
Blackfield (1.96 miles)	30
Stonehills (2.24 miles)	16

Most violent places near Hardley

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Langdown	31
Fawley	30
Buttsash	27
Frostlane	26
Holbury	18
Ashlett	17
Hardley	14
Little Holbury	13
Blackfield	11
Stonehills	4