Photo: Pterre · CC BY 3.0Per resident, North Baddesley sees less crime than seven in ten UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
Of all the kinds of crime, burglary is where North Baddesley departs most from towns its size: 3 per 1,000 against 1.9. Violence recorded locally dropped 24% in a year. On average, one violent or sexual offence is recorded each year for every 55 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in North Baddesley
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 24% less violent crime per resident in North Baddesley than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 40% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 481 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people, North Baddesley has the 113th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Henfield, Rhoose and Littlestone-on-Sea, higher than Crawcrook and Greenside, Countesthorpe and Long Stratton. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 20% of North Baddesley’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind North Baddesley’s B
A fairly firm grade. Built on 570 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks North Baddesley against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in North Baddesley has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -24% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +40% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -30% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -55% (towns its size +0%).
1 in 5 North Baddesley residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
20% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
North Baddesley’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, North Baddesley runs highest on burglary (3 per 1,000 against 1.9), shoplifting (2.4 per 1,000 against 1.8) and vehicle crime (2.4 per 1,000 against 2). Violence & sexual offences and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 107 | 15.3 | 22.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 28 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 26 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 25 | 3.6 | 8.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 21 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Public order | not graded | 18 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 17 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 17 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 8 | 1.1 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 4 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Police in North Baddesley identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 80% of North Baddesley’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 14% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (62% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 1% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 199 crimes.
Towns its size: North Baddesley comes 113th of 481
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merley Dorset | 5,489 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 3.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 4 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Four Marks Hampshire | 5,613 | 13.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Odiham Hampshire | 5,091 | 13.8 | 6.7 | 5.7 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 40 | Denmead Hampshire | 6,509 | 16 | 5.3 | 2.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 110 | Crawcrook and Greenside Tyne and Wear | 7,544 | 18.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 | B |
| 111 | Countesthorpe Leicestershire | 7,674 | 18.7 | 8.3 | 11 | B |
| 112 | Long Stratton Norfolk | 5,218 | 21 | 6 | 3.7 | B |
| 113 | North Baddesley Hampshire | 6,996 | 18.2 | 9 | 9.1 | B |
| 114 | Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross Berkshire | 7,612 | 19.3 | 7.9 | 5.6 | B |
| 115 | Seaton Devon | 7,429 | 22.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | B |
| 116 | Edwinstowe Nottinghamshire | 5,327 | 18.7 | 8.5 | 4.6 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 481 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near North Baddesley, and others in Hampshire.
Crime in North Baddesley per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Where in North Baddesley police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 118 | 73% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 28 | 54% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 20 | 45% violent |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in North Baddesley. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
No one died in a collision on North Baddesley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 24 collisions with injuries inside North Baddesley in five years. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 3 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and North Baddesley is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of North Baddesley’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 6 people killed or seriously injured in five years; North Baddesley had 6.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside North Baddesley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around North Baddesley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 18.2 | 9 | B |
| Romsey | 19,923 | 21.6 | 10.7 | B− |
| Rownhams and Nursling | 4,796 | 27.4 | 22.9 | C− |
| Chilworth | 1,169 | 22.8 | 12.3 | C+ |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 17.5 | 6.7 | B+ |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 37.8 | 10.7 | C− |
| Southampton | 249,633 | 58.3 | 22.2 | D− |
| Totton | 28,093 | 35.3 | 14.7 | C− |
North Baddesley records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Chandler's Ford, 2.7 miles away, records 17.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against North Baddesley’s 18.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where North Baddesley sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in North Baddesley
Is North Baddesley safe?
Police recorded 18.2 violent and sexual offences and 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside North Baddesley’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 63% of UK towns. Among 481 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people, North Baddesley is 113th from the least crime. 20% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in North Baddesley?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 24%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 40%, shoplifting and theft fell 30% and anti-social behaviour fell 55%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in North Baddesley?
Violence & sexual offences: 107 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (28) and other theft (26), with 25 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does North Baddesley compare with Southampton?
Southampton records 58.3 violent and sexual offences and 22.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against North Baddesley’s 18.2 and 9, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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