Total Crime Rate

278.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 278.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.0 10/10
  • Public order 44.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cuckmere Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Millbrook , and the 74th 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 Cuckmere Lane (SO16 9AQ) in the last 12 months was 278.8 per 1,000 residents and was 136.9% higher than the Millbrook average (117.7 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 Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 185.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cuckmere Lane (SO16 9AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Cuckmere Lane. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cuckmere Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Colwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Allington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kendal Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kendal Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Perran Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Studland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cromer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cromer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cromer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kendal Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Studland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flanders Field Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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