Hythe South
WardEast New Forest. About 7,264 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in Hythe South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hythe South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hythe South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hythe South at a rate of 66.6 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, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hythe South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (216), criminal damage and arson (74) and other crime (68).
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 Hythe South alone. See New Forest
Hythe South in brief
Hythe South had 7,149 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in Hythe South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hythe South, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hythe South, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.