Total Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laundry Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Lymington , and the 47th 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 Laundry Lane (SO41 0WJ) in the last 12 months was 10.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% lower than the Lymington average (66.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laundry Lane (SO41 0WJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Telford Place, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carrington Lane (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Milford & Hordle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Telford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Telford Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrington Close | Under investigation |
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