Crime Rates at Mendip Road, Southampton, SO16 4BL

Mendip Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Freemantle , and the 285th highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mendip Road (SO16 4BL) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% lower than the Freemantle average (179.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mendip Road (SO16 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cumbrian Way, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walnut Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.