Total Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillview Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dibden & Dibden Purlieu , and the 56th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillview Road (SO45 5GN) in the last 12 months was 11.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.4% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , down -62.5% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillview Road (SO45 5GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tormead, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Golden Hind Park (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hythe Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tormead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybank Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollybank Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
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