Total Crime Rate

158.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 158.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 108.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cardinal Place area has the 18th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Millbrook , and the 182nd 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 Cardinal Place (SO16 4HN) in the last 12 months was 158.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Millbrook average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 108.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardinal Place (SO16 4HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mercator Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wimpson Gardens (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cardinal Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashmead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wimpson Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorndike Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ennerdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crabwood Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haweswater Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wimpson Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wimpson Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Thorndike Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Timsbury Drive
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Timsbury Drive Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Public order Timsbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Timsbury Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Timsbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Irving Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Irving Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Thorndike Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hardwicke Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Romsey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Watts Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilroy Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Colby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kern Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kern Close

Data Sources

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