Crime Statistics for Hedge End, Eastleigh, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 51 street level crime incidents in Hedge End 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 Hedge End, 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	16
Shoplifting	12
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	4
Public Order	4
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Other Theft	2
Other Crime	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	51

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 Hedge End. 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 Hedge End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Harefield (1.96 miles)	312
Netley Hill (1.39 miles)	206
Hatch Bottom (1.75 miles)	167
Boorley Green (1.39 miles)	89
Long Common (1.39 miles)	89
Broadoak (0.88 miles)	61
Hedge End	51
Burridge (1.76 miles)	44
Lower Swanwick (1.86 miles)	37
Botley (1.39 miles)	27

Where are the most violent places near Hedge End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harefield	128
Netley Hill	106
Hatch Bottom	56
Boorley Green	37
Long Common	37
Broadoak	24
Burridge	23
Hedge End	16
Lower Swanwick	15
Botley	5

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

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 Hedge End 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 Hedge End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hedge End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hedge End is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Woolston	88
2	Bitterne	87
3	Harefield	85
4	Bursledon & Hound North	76
5	Sholing	73
6	West End South	68
7	Hamble & Netley	48
8	Botley	39
9	Hedge End South	37
10	Sarisbury	27
11	Hedge End North	25

Which road in Hedge End has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hedge End with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Saint Johns Road.