Total Crime Rate

228.5 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 228.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.9 10/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 10.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Lower Brownhill Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Millbrook , and the 114th 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 Lower Brownhill Road (SO16 9LJ) in the last 12 months was 228.5 per 1,000 residents and was 94.2% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Brownhill Road (SO16 9LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Mill Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Culver Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Brownhill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bargain Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Porlock Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Brownhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blakeney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frogmore Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frogmore Lane
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mansel Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Jerrett'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culver Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Porlock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blakeney Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting John Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Canford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bargain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery John Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canford Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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