Total Crime Rate

19.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.4 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.6 4/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Silkin Gardens area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Marchwood & Eling , and the 112th lowest crime rate of 549 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 Silkin Gardens (SO40 8ST) in the last 12 months was 19.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.0% lower than the Marchwood & Eling average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silkin Gardens (SO40 8ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hayward Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashby Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Silkin Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorland Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andrew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hayward Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayward Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadmeadow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meredith Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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