Crime and Safety in Lymington and Pennington
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Lymington and Pennington is among the top 10 most dangerous small towns in Hampshire, and is the 78th most dangerous overall out of Hampshire's 268 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Lymington and Pennington in 2026 is 46 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Hampshire's overall crime rate, coming in 27% lower than the Hampshire rate of 63 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Lymington and Pennington is the 245th safest small town, and the 3,893rd most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In January 2026, Lymington and Pennington was the worst small town in Hampshire for robbery, with 2 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.12 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Lymington and Pennington residents, when it was Hampshire's most dangerous small town for theft from the person, recording 2 crimes at a rate of 0.12 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Lymington and Pennington are violence and sexual offences, with 351 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 20. This is 4.6% lower than 2025's figure of 368 offences and a difference of 0.99 from 2025's crime rate of 21. Lymington and Pennington's least common crime is theft from the person, with 4 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 300% from 2025's figure of 1 crime.
Lymington and Pennington 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Most Dangerous
Small Towns, Hampshire
26% lower, regional crime rate
South East
36% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Lymington and Pennington is 26% lower than the South East and 36% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Lymington and Pennington Crime Rate Over Time
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Lymington and Pennington Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Lymington and Pennington represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Lymington and Pennington's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Lymington and Pennington up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Lymington and Pennington's 591 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Lymington and Pennington • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Lymington and Pennington has a crime risk score of 437. This is based on analysis of 591 nearby areas within Lymington and Pennington, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Lymington and Pennington's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Lymington and Pennington, crime risk scores are typically around 437, while in Hampshire they are average 467.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 475 (470 for Hampshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 492 (Hampshire 472).
Trends in Crime Risk
Lymington and Pennington
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 4.2% in Lymington and Pennington's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Lymington and Pennington's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Lymington and Pennington's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 18%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Lymington and Pennington
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Lymington and Pennington • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Robbery offences have a crime rate of 0.52 reports per 1,000 people in Lymington and Pennington, which is 1.33 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 9 crime reports logged by Hampshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Hampshire Police recorded 10 reports of Possession of Weapons in Lymington and Pennington, resulting in a crime rate of 0.60 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.20.
The crime rate for Public Order is 0.87 times the national average at 5.05 reports per 1,000. This is from 87 crime reports reported to Hampshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Lymington and Pennington
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
No significant increases identified.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Lymington and Pennington
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.25 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.20 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 25% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.52 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.95 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 73% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.67 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Lymington and Pennington • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Lymington and Pennington | Hampshire | South East | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 129 | 7.50 | 0.53 | 16,767 | 7.84 | 0.55 | 115,500 | 10.87 | 0.77 |
| Bicycle Theft | 14 | 0.82 | 1.58 | 1,434 | 0.69 | 0.95 | 7,315 | 0.68 | 0.93 |
| Burglary | 33 | 1.92 | 0.61 | 5,009 | 2.35 | 0.75 | 23,535 | 2.23 | 0.71 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 82 | 4.77 | 0.76 | 10,172 | 4.75 | 0.76 | 58,501 | 5.50 | 0.88 |
| Drugs | 11 | 0.65 | 0.37 | 4,679 | 2.18 | 0.71 | 25,203 | 2.37 | 0.77 |
| Other Crime | 24 | 1.40 | 0.82 | 2,789 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 17,151 | 1.61 | 0.87 |
| Other Theft | 45 | 2.61 | 0.50 | 8,871 | 4.14 | 0.73 | 51,336 | 4.84 | 0.85 |
| Possession of Weapons | 10 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 2,421 | 1.12 | 1.32 | 8,736 | 0.81 | 0.95 |
| Public Order | 87 | 5.05 | 0.87 | 11,772 | 5.49 | 0.95 | 54,745 | 5.15 | 0.89 |
| Robbery | 9 | 0.52 | 1.33 | 1,491 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 7,588 | 0.72 | 0.61 |
| Shoplifting | 94 | 5.46 | 0.77 | 12,856 | 5.99 | 0.84 | 72,983 | 6.88 | 0.96 |
| Theft From the Person | 4 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 766 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 4,668 | 0.45 | 0.29 |
| Vehicle Crime | 21 | 1.24 | 0.35 | 6,424 | 3.00 | 0.70 | 34,099 | 3.22 | 0.75 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 351 | 20.46 | 0.67 | 66,157 | 30.90 | 1.02 | 286,815 | 26.98 | 0.89 |
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Total Crime by Year
Lymington and Pennington | Hampshire | South East | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 785 | 45.74 | 0.69 | 134,841 | 62.97 | 0.87 | 652,675 | 61.44 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 886 | 52.04 | 0.75 | 142,154 | 66.71 | 0.90 | 670,274 | 63.35 | 0.86 |
| 2024 | 917 | 53.90 | 0.75 | 143,206 | 67.71 | 0.90 | 690,903 | 65.86 | 0.87 |
| 2023 | 1,172 | 68.75 | 0.90 | 159,627 | 76.11 | 0.96 | 713,547 | 68.83 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1,154 | 67.43 | 0.90 | 159,505 | 76.75 | 1.00 | 704,444 | 68.58 | 0.89 |
| 2021 | 1,021 | 60.20 | 0.93 | 132,111 | 63.97 | 0.93 | 625,484 | 61.36 | 0.89 |
| 2020 | 1,140 | 67.14 | 0.95 | 141,723 | 68.79 | 0.93 | 669,219 | 65.97 | 0.89 |
| 2019 | 1,150 | 67.65 | 0.93 | 142,619 | 69.41 | 0.91 | 666,505 | 65.82 | 0.86 |
| 2018 | 1,127 | 66.64 | 0.99 | 146,264 | 71.07 | 1.00 | 644,142 | 63.85 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 957 | 56.98 | 0.93 | 120,200 | 58.55 | 0.92 | 552,696 | 55.04 | 0.86 |
| 2016 | 198 | 11.84 | 0.74 | 33,278 | 16.23 | 0.85 | 160,273 | 15.99 | 0.84 |
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Lymington and Pennington Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hound | 406 | 57.86 | 26% more dangerous |
| West End | 764 | 58.97 | 29% more dangerous |
| Whitehill | 973 | 55.67 | 22% more dangerous |
| Fawley | 698 | 48.59 | 6% more dangerous |
| Hythe and Dibden | 1,076 | 51.42 | 12% more dangerous |
| Ringwood | 875 | 50.39 | 10% more dangerous |
| Hedge End | 1,215 | 49.81 | 9% more dangerous |
| Petersfield | 885 | 48.01 | 5.0% more dangerous |
| Romsey | 1,087 | 46.23 | 1.1% more dangerous |
| Lymington and Pennington | 785 | 45.74 | - |
| Alton | 1,041 | 44.57 | 2.6% safer |
| Bramshott and Liphook | 414 | 37.12 | 19% safer |
| Fleet | 1,198 | 39.90 | 13% safer |
| Bishopstoke | 346 | 33.20 | 27% safer |
| Tadley | 401 | 32.67 | 29% safer |
| Yateley | 713 | 34.22 | 25% safer |
| Hook | 389 | 32.16 | 30% safer |
| Chandler's Ford | 931 | 33.07 | 28% safer |
| Church Crookham | 297 | 26.82 | 41% safer |
| Fair Oak and Horton Heath | 419 | 30.92 | 32% safer |
| Horndean | 446 | 31.38 | 31% safer |
| Denmead | 189 | 24.79 | 46% safer |
Comparing Lymington and Pennington to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Lymington and Pennington | 45.74 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 74% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 81% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 84% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 114% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 129% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 130% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 133% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 134% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 136% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 173% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Lymington and Pennington's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Lymington and Pennington that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Pennington Common | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 20 |
| Grove Gardens | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Bath Road Recreation Ground | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Lymington Sports Ground | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| Woodside Gardens | 3 | - | 4 | - | 4 | 0 |
Recent Crimes in Lymington and Pennington
The 20 most recent crime reports in Lymington and Pennington.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Bicycle theft | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Parking Area | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Tithe Barn | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Queen Katherine Road | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Lymington Town | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Genoa Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Queen Elizabeth Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near East Hill | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near The Square | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Juniper Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Wilverley Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lymington Town | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Pound Road |
Methodology & Data Sources
Lymington and Pennington Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Lymington and Pennington during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Lymington and Pennington Data Points
For Lymington and Pennington, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04004574.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Lymington and Pennington's daytime - or "workday" - population of 16,294 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Lymington and Pennington