Barton & Becton
WardSouth New Forest. About 6,928 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 40% of people in Barton & Becton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Barton & Becton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Barton & Becton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barton & Becton at a rate of 24.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 58.4 per 1,000 people across New Forest.
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 Barton & Becton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (76), other crime (37) and shoplifting (15).
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 ward, so they describe all of New Forest and not Barton & Becton alone. See New Forest
Barton & Becton in brief
Barton & Becton had 7,069 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in Barton & Becton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Barton & Becton, 76.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Barton & Becton, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.