Downlands & Forest North
WardNorth west New Forest. About 3,406 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 91 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 18% of people in Downlands & Forest North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Downlands & Forest North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Downlands & Forest North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Downlands & Forest North at a rate of 45.1 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, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Downlands & Forest North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (40), other crime (27) and burglary (20).
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 Downlands & Forest North alone. See New Forest
Downlands & Forest North in brief
Downlands & Forest North had 3,440 usual residents at the census.
About 18% of people in Downlands & Forest North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Downlands & Forest North, 70.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Downlands & Forest North, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.