Safest Neighbourhoods in Hampstead (and Areas to Avoid)
Surrounding area + day trips (by which Hampstead)
- Hampstead NC — Pender County coastal: residential subdivisions (Olde Point, Belvedere Plantation) along US-17 north of Wilmington. The actual draw is Topsail Island 10 minutes east (Surf City, Topsail Beach, Sea Turtle Hospital), Wilmington 45 min south (Riverwalk, USS North Carolina, the Cotton Exchange), Holly Ridge and Camp Lejeune further north. Note: US-17 has no continuous sidewalks; pedestrians have been fatalities for years pending the bypass — drive, don't walk.
- Hampstead MD — Carroll County Baltimore exurb: small town along MD-30, the historic stone-mill village character intact. Day trips: Westminster (15 min north for the Carroll County Farm Museum), Gettysburg PA (40 min north for the battlefield), Baltimore (60 min south-east for the Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium, Fells Point), Annapolis (90 min south for the Naval Academy).
- Hampstead NH — Rockingham County: residential Granite-State town between Manchester and the seacoast. Day trips: Salem outlet shopping (15 min south, tax-free NH, the Mall at Rockingham Park), Manchester (30 min north), Portsmouth NH for the harbour and seacoast (45 min east), Boston (45 min south).
- Hempstead NY — Long Island (Town of): this is the disambiguation trap. The Town of Hempstead is a huge Nassau County municipality (population ~770,000) covering Hempstead Village, Levittown, Long Beach, Garden City and 21 other villages. Crime varies dramatically: Hempstead Village core has elevated violent-crime numbers per FBI UCR data versus the suburban townships; Garden City and Long Beach are entirely different in feel. Day trips: Jones Beach (20 min south), Manhattan (LIRR from Hempstead, ~50 min to Penn Station), the Hamptons (2 hr east).
- Don't confuse with London's Hampstead (NW3 in north London — Hampstead Heath, the Old Bull and Bush, John Keats's house) — entirely separate page.
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