Ringwood South
WardSouth west New Forest. About 7,859 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Ringwood South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Ringwood South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ringwood South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ringwood South at a rate of 95.7 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, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ringwood South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (251), anti-social behaviour (141) and other crime (118).
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 Ringwood South alone. See New Forest
Ringwood South in brief
Ringwood South had 7,691 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Ringwood South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ringwood South, 74.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ringwood South, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.