Total Crime Rate
45.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Frost Lane area has the 34th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dibden & Dibden Purlieu , and the 231st 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 Frost Lane (SO45 3NB) in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Dibden & Dibden Purlieu average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frost Lane (SO45 3NB), the main crime hotspot is near Guillemot Close. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hythe South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guillemot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spinney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulmar Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frost Lane | — |
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