Crime Rates at Cromer Road, Southampton, SO16 9HS

Cromer Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Millbrook , and the 56th 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 Cromer Road (SO16 9HS) in the last 12 months was 325.6 per 1,000 residents and was 176.7% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 182.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 89.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromer Road (SO16 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kendal Avenue, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flanders Field Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.