Total Crime Rate

161.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 57.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Parkers Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East , and the 40th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in New Forest .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Parkers Close (BH24 1SD) in the last 12 months was 161.5 per 1,000 residents and was 251.5% higher than the Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East average (45.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parkers Close (BH24 1SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poulner Park, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitehart Fields (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East

Crime Over Time in Parkers Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dene Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whitehart Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Poulner Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edwina Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parkers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Side Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehart Fields Under investigation
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Data Sources

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