Crime Statistics for Lower Ratley, Test Valley, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Lower Ratley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Burglary, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Crime Category	Incidents
Burglary	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	3

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 Ratley. 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 Ratley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Timsbury (1.39 miles)	3
Awbridge (0.62 miles)	3
Lower Ratley	3
Kents Oak (0.62 miles)	2
Sherfield English (1.96 miles)	2
Shootash (0.62 miles)	2
The Frenches (1.39 miles)	2
Tote Hill (1.39 miles)	1
Dunbridge (1.96 miles)	1
Carter’s Clay (1.39 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Lower Ratley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sherfield English	1
Shootash	1
The Frenches	1
Dunbridge	1
Timsbury	0
Awbridge	0
Lower Ratley	0
Kents Oak	0
Tote Hill	0
Carter’s Clay	0

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

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 Ratley 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 Ratley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Ratley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Ratley is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Totton North	71
2	Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead	63
3	Totton West	60
4	Romsey Abbey	36
5	Ampfield & Braishfield	32
6	Blackwater	30
7	Romsey Cupernham	29
8	North Baddesley	24
9	Romsey Tadburn	23
10	Alderbury and Whiteparish	16
11	Redlynch and Landford	7

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

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