Total Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hounsdown Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Marchwood & Eling , and the 178th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hounsdown Avenue (SO40 9FG) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Marchwood & Eling average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hounsdown Avenue (SO40 9FG), the main crime hotspot is near Kirk Gardens. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Totton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hounsdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A35 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A35 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kirk Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchwood By-Pass | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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