Total Crime Rate

128.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Selsey Close area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Millbrook , and the 249th 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 Selsey Close (SO16 9NL) in the last 12 months was 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Selsey Close (SO16 9NL), the main crime hotspot is near Buttermere Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Selsey Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Seafield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime St Martin'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Buttermere Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buttermere Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Windbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barons Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ennerdale Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ennerdale Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ennerdale Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownhill Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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