Crime Statistics for Hatch Bottom, Eastleigh, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 167 street level crime incidents in Hatch Bottom in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hatch Bottom, 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	56
Shoplifting	33
Other Theft	16
Burglary	12
Vehicle Crime	10
Public Order	8
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Crime	6
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	167

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 Hatch Bottom. 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 Hatch Bottom

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sholing Common (1.76 miles)	350
Bitterne (1.39 miles)	324
Harefield (0.88 miles)	312
Townhill Park (1.24 miles)	277
Hatch Bottom	167
Boorley Green (1.86 miles)	89
Long Common (1.86 miles)	89
Moorgreen (0.62 miles)	78
Hedge End (1.75 miles)	51
Horton Heath (1.75 miles)	32

Where are the most violent places near Hatch Bottom?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sholing Common	143
Bitterne	131
Harefield	128
Townhill Park	103
Hatch Bottom	56
Boorley Green	37
Long Common	37
Moorgreen	28
Hedge End	16
Horton Heath	14

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

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 Hatch Bottom 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 Hatch Bottom compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hatch Bottom and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Hatch Bottom have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hedge End North.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bitterne	87
2	Harefield	85
3	Peartree	80
4	Swaythling	78
5	Bursledon & Hound North	76
6	Sholing	73
7	West End South	68
8	West End North	44
9	Botley	39
10	Hedge End South	37
11	Hedge End North	25

Which road in Hatch Bottom has the highest level of crime?

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