Total Crime Rate

149.4 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 149.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 23.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Willow Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Ringwood North & Ellingham , and the 43rd 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 Willow Drive (BH24 3BE) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 225.1% higher than the Ringwood North & Ellingham average (46.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Drive (BH24 3BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorland Gate, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterloo Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Spring Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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