Crime Rate in Hedge End North, ward

Hedge End North has the 7th lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Eastleigh district and the 3295th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 633rd lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hedge End North in the last 12 months was 58.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the Eastleigh district average (66.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hedge End North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 282 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 342 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hedge End North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 41 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Taplin Drive (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.