Crime Rates at Ash Cottages, Brockenhurst, SO42 7UD

Ash Cottages area has the 8th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ash Cottages (SO42 7UD) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% higher than the Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge average (66.6 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ash Cottages (SO42 7UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lymington Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sutton Place (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.