Total Crime Rate
93.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barons Mead area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Millbrook , and the 340th 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 Barons Mead (SO16 9TB) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% lower than the Millbrook average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barons Mead (SO16 9TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Martin'S Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alderney Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orion Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilroy Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Martin'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Romsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Saturn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saturn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mercury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Martin'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Link Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Link Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Watts Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tetney Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderney Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderney Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orion Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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