Total Crime Rate
250.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thorndike Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 95th highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thorndike Close (SO16 6FL) in the last 12 months was 250.9 per 1,000 residents and was 109.6% higher than the Shirley average (119.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 130.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorndike Close (SO16 6FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mercator Close, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birch Close (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shirley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwicke Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rownhams Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Birch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birch Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thorndike Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwicke Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hardwicke Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brightside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavistock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Valley | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warren Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tavistock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rownhams Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Birch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercator Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Romsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Birch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercator Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mercator Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercator Close | Under investigation |
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