Crime Statistics for Testwood, Totton, Hampshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Testwood, Totton

There were a total of 155 street level crime incidents in Testwood in January 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 Testwood, 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 Crime57
Other Theft24
Anti Social Behaviour13
Criminal Damage Arson12
Public Order11
Shoplifting10
Burglary7
Vehicle Crime7
Other Crime6
Drugs3
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime155

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 Testwood. 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 Testwood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Maybush (1.86 miles)308
Redbridge (1.48 miles)245
Testwood155
Totton (0.62 miles)122
Calmore (0.62 miles)112
Nursling (1.75 miles)98
Hammond’s Green (0.88 miles)84
Rushington (1.24 miles)61
Ashurst Bridge (1.39 miles)25
Netley Marsh (1.76 miles)15

5.85%
of Totton North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Testwood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Maybush140
Redbridge108
Totton60
Testwood57
Nursling46
Calmore43
Hammond’s Green32
Rushington25
Ashurst Bridge10
Netley Marsh4

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

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 Testwood 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 Testwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Testwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Testwood is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Redbridge94
2Millbrook87
3Coxford77
4Totton East74
5Totton North71
6Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead63
7Totton West60
8Totton South56
9Totton Central41
10Ashurst, Copythorne South and Netley Marsh38
11Blackwater30

Which road in Testwood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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