Total Crime Rate

314.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

209.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 314.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 209.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 180.2 10/10
  • Burglary 17.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 17.4 10/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thorness Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Millbrook , and the 64th highest crime rate of 723 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 Thorness Close (SO16 9JE) in the last 12 months was 314.0 per 1,000 residents and was 174.9% higher than the Millbrook average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 209.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 134.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorness Close (SO16 9JE), the main crime hotspot is near Seacombe Green. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorness Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redbridge Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Studland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Seacombe Green Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Public order Seacombe Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Seacombe Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seacombe Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other theft Thorness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Culver Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culver Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culver Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Studland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redbridge Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redbridge Lane —
Apr 2026Public order Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Perran Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansel Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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