New Forest 017B
NeighbourhoodEast New Forest. 2,113 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 128 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, New Forest 017B is in decile 5.
How New Forest 017B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is New Forest 017B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Forest 017B at a rate of 74.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 70.0 per 1,000 people across Lymington Town & Boldre.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in New Forest 017B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (44), violence and sexual offences (40) and burglary (26).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of New Forest
These figures are published for the whole of New Forest, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of New Forest and not New Forest 017B alone. See New Forest
New Forest 017B in brief
New Forest 017B has a deprivation score of 20.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
New Forest 017B had 2,081 usual residents at the census.
In New Forest 017B, 53.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In New Forest 017B, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.