Total Crime Rate

96.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 22.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.9 3/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Heron Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge , and the 89th 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 Heron Close (SO41 6ET) in the last 12 months was 96.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge average (83.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heron Close (SO41 6ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Drive (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heron Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middle Road —
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Data Sources

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