Total Crime Rate
61.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodcote Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Bassett , and the 260th lowest 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 Woodcote Road (SO17 3TE) in the last 12 months was 61.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower than the Bassett average (71.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodcote Road (SO17 3TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bealing Close, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aster Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bealing Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Legion Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honeysuckle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeysuckle Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bealing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tulip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laburnum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lobelia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lobelia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bealing Close | Under investigation |
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