Crime Statistics for Lower Buckland, Lymington, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Lower Buckland in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Buckland, 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	32
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Burglary	8
Public Order	7
Other Theft	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Drugs	2
Shoplifting	2
Other Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	73

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 Lower Buckland. 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 Lower Buckland

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lower Buckland	73
Buckland (0.62 miles)	71
Pennington (1.39 miles)	35
Portmore (0.88 miles)	34
Boldre (1.24 miles)	12
Bull Hill (1.39 miles)	10
Pilley (1.39 miles)	10
Pilley Bailey (1.39 miles)	10
Battramsley Cross (1.39 miles)	9
Waterford (1.39 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Lower Buckland?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Buckland	33
Lower Buckland	32
Pennington	17
Portmore	10
Boldre	4
Battramsley Cross	3
Bull Hill	2
Pilley	2
Pilley Bailey	2
Waterford	2

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

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 Lower Buckland 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 Lower Buckland compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Pennington	59
2	Milton	52
3	Lymington Town	48
4	Becton	44
5	Fernhill	40
6	Totland	32
7	Buckland	30
8	Boldre and Sway	17
9	Milford	15
10	Barton	11
11	Hordle	9

Which road in Lower Buckland has the highest level of crime?

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