Total Crime Rate

10.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 10.5 1/10
  • Violent crimes 3.5 1/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Rosewall Road area has the lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Millbrook , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rosewall Road (SO16 5DU) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 90.9% lower than the Millbrook average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosewall Road (SO16 5DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mercator Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Romsey Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rosewall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Romsey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mercator Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kern Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kern Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Romsey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Romsey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romsey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lord'S Hill Centre West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Colby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Lord'S Hill Centre West Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mercury Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mercury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dolton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mercator Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mercator Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Watts Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mercator Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashmead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mercator Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lancaster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Orion Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lancaster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orion Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Link Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Link Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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