Total Crime Rate

209.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 209.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 90.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.5 9/10
  • Public order 25.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Winchester Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Bassett , and the 131st highest crime rate of 734 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 Winchester Road (SO16 6TJ) in the last 12 months was 209.0 per 1,000 residents and was 198.4% higher than the Bassett average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 96.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winchester Road (SO16 6TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollybrook Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Winchester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hollybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hollybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Winchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A35 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arlowe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery A35 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentire Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Valley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Valley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Valley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dale Valley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luccombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bladon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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