Total Crime Rate

180.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 180.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.4 7/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Crete Cottages area has the 6th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dibden & Dibden Purlieu , and the 32nd 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 Crete Cottages (SO45 4JQ) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 236.4% higher than the Dibden & Dibden Purlieu average (53.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 117.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crete Cottages (SO45 4JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crete Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watermans Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crete Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watermans Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watermans Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merriemeade Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

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