Crime Rate in Thornhill, ward

Thornhill has the 5th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Southampton district and the 1073rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 122nd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Thornhill in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Southampton district average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Thornhill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 951 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 8 cases , down -27.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -32.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,132 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Thornhill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.