Total Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rownhams Road area has the lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Millbrook , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 734 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 Rownhams Road (SO16 5EA) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 96.0% lower than the Millbrook average (117.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rownhams Road (SO16 5EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dolton Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conifer Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Millbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dolton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastchurch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conifer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conifer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eastchurch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eastchurch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conifer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord'S Hill Centre West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rownhams Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rownhams Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brightside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolton Road | — |
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