Total Crime Rate
54.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hamilton Mews area has the 28th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dibden & Dibden Purlieu , and the 187th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hamilton Mews (SO45 3SA) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hamilton Mews (SO45 3SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamilton Mews, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fulmar Drive (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hythe South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frost Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Furzedale Park | 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 |
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