Total Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairlie area has the lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Ringwood North & Ellingham , and the 76th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fairlie (BH24 1TR) in the last 12 months was 12.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower than the Ringwood North & Ellingham average (40.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairlie (BH24 1TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poulner Park, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitehart Fields (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wessex Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Estate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwina Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poulner Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poulner Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poulner Park | Under investigation |
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