Crime Statistics for Lower Swanwick, Fareham, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 37 street level crime incidents in Lower Swanwick in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Swanwick, 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	15
Other Theft	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	3
Burglary	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	37

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 Swanwick. 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 Swanwick

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Netley Hill (1.75 miles)	242
Locks Heath (1.76 miles)	65
Park Gate (1.39 miles)	65
Hedge End (1.86 miles)	51
Bursledon (0.62 miles)	47
Butlocks Heath (1.96 miles)	46
Burridge (1.39 miles)	44
Curbridge (2.24 miles)	42
Lower Swanwick	37
Warsash (1.86 miles)	23

Where are the most violent places near Lower Swanwick?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Netley Hill	98
Locks Heath	28
Park Gate	24
Burridge	23
Butlocks Heath	21
Bursledon	20
Curbridge	19
Hedge End	16
Lower Swanwick	15
Warsash	5

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

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 Swanwick 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 Swanwick compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Woolston	88
2	Bursledon & Hound North	76
3	Sholing	73
4	Hamble & Netley	48
5	Hedge End South	37
6	Park Gate	31
7	Locks Heath	27
8	Sarisbury	27
9	Warsash	20
10	Titchfield Common	20
11	Whiteley and Shedfield	16

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

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