Total Crime Rate
151.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kendal Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Millbrook , and the 196th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kendal Avenue (SO16 9NB) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 84.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kendal Avenue (SO16 9NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mardale Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mardale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedbergh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Isis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkside Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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