Hythe and Dibden Purlieu
TownTown in New Forest, South East.
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hythe and Dibden Purlieu add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hythe and Dibden Purlieu compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hythe and Dibden Purlieu safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 102 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (513), other crime (214) and criminal damage and arson (138).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu was 58.0 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hythe and Dibden Purlieu has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 008A | 1,088 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 45.0% |
| New Forest 008B | 1,383 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| New Forest 009A | 1,574 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.2% |
| New Forest 009B | 1,444 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| New Forest 009C | 1,395 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| New Forest 009D | 1,412 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| New Forest 009E | 1,448 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.8% |
| New Forest 011A | 1,719 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
| New Forest 011B | 1,818 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| New Forest 011C | 1,465 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 69.9% |
| New Forest 011D | 1,371 | 126.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| New Forest 011E | 2,065 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| New Forest 011F | 1,997 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.7% |
Your MP
- Sir Julian LewisConservativeMP for New Forest East
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Hythe and Dibden Purlieu1
Middle areas in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu2
Towns near Hythe and Dibden Purlieu6
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu in brief
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu is a town in New Forest, South East.
About 20,061 people lived in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £335,000 in 2025 across 298 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu was £335,000 in 2025.
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu had 19,857 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hythe and Dibden Purlieu, 89.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.