Crime Rate in Pennington, ward

Pennington has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 wards in New Forest district and the 2214th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 412th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Pennington in the last 12 months was 46.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% lower than the New Forest district average (62.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pennington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 159 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 198 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pennington ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Gordon Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.