Crime Statistics for The Dene, Test Valley, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in The Dene 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 The Dene, 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	2
Other Theft	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 The Dene. 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 The Dene

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Knights Enham (3.34 miles)	117
Little London (2.56 miles)	52
Upper Enham (2.78 miles)	35
Enham Alamein (2.78 miles)	35
Ibthorpe (0.62 miles)	3
The Dene	3
St Mary Bourne (3.1 miles)	0
Faccombe (3.11 miles)	0
Egbury (3.16 miles)	0
Tangley (3.16 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near The Dene?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Knights Enham	74
Little London	34
Upper Enham	24
Enham Alamein	24
Ibthorpe	2
The Dene	2
St Mary Bourne	0
Faccombe	0
Egbury	0
Tangley	0

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

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 The Dene 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 The Dene compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Andover Romans	78
2	Andover St Mary's	66
3	Andover Harroway	50
4	Andover Winton	41
5	Bourne Valley	36
6	Andover Millway	27
7	Charlton & the Pentons	15
8	Whitchurch	14
9	Anna	13
10	East Woodhay	3

Which road in The Dene has the highest level of crime?

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