Total Crime Rate

13.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 13.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Sherborne Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Bassett , and the 29th lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sherborne Road (SO17 3RH) in the last 12 months was 13.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% lower than the Bassett average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 1.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherborne Road (SO17 3RH), the main crime hotspot is near Broadlands Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sherborne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blenheim Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sherborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kitchener Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadlands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ripstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broadlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Granby Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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