Crime Statistics for Rownhams, Test Valley, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 98 street level crime incidents in Rownhams 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 Rownhams, 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	54
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Vehicle Crime	8
Shoplifting	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Burglary	3
Other Theft	3
Theft From The Person	2
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	98

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 Rownhams. 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 Rownhams

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Aldermoor (1.39 miles)	497
Lord’s Hill (1.24 miles)	371
Lordswood (1.76 miles)	351
Maybush (1.86 miles)	305
Redbridge (1.95 miles)	279
Rownhams	98
Nursling (0.88 miles)	94
Chilworth Old Village (1.39 miles)	21
Toothill (0.88 miles)	4
Ashfield (1.76 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Rownhams?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aldermoor	242
Lord’s Hill	188
Maybush	147
Lordswood	143
Redbridge	123
Rownhams	54
Nursling	52
Chilworth Old Village	10
Toothill	2
Ashfield	0

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

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 Rownhams 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 Rownhams compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rownhams and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Rownhams is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Redbridge	94
2	Millbrook	87
3	Shirley	81
4	Coxford	77
5	Totton East	74
6	Totton North	71
7	Bassett	56
8	Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams	40
9	Romsey Abbey	36
10	Blackwater	30
11	Romsey Tadburn	23

Which road in Rownhams has the highest level of crime?

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