Crime Statistics for South Hayling, Havant, Hampshire, 2024

Crime statistics for South Hayling, Havant

There were a total of 64 street level crime incidents in South Hayling in January 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 South Hayling, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime33
Anti Social Behaviour8
Public Order7
Other Theft4
Criminal Damage Arson4
Burglary3
Vehicle Crime3
Shoplifting1
Drugs1
All Crime64

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes South Hayling. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 South Hayling

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Baffins (3.92 miles)682
Copnor (4.16 miles)501
Milton (3.72 miles)399
Anchorage Park (3.97 miles)115
Langstone (3.78 miles)74
South Hayling64
Hermitage (4.17 miles)20
Stoke (1.86 miles)8
Tye (1.96 miles)6
Northney (2.56 miles)6

6.84%
of Hayling West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near South Hayling?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Baffins291
Copnor220
Milton173
Anchorage Park44
South Hayling33
Langstone24
Hermitage12
Stoke4
Tye2
Northney2

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

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 South Hayling 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 South Hayling compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1St Jude91
2Fratton87
3Eastney and Craneswater77
4Baffins70
5Central Southsea65
6St Faith's63
7Milton59
8Emsworth52
9Copnor50
10Hayling West44
11Hayling East39

Which road in South Hayling has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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