Total Crime Rate
114.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clench Street area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bargate , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clench Street (SO14 3GB) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% lower than the Bargate average (292.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clench Street (SO14 3GB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canute Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Central Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpathia Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | College Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captains Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chantry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Bridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cook Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canute Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Compass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clench Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canute Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Canute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Canute Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canute Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elm Terrace | Under investigation |
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