Total Crime Rate

17.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 17.4 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Thorold Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 43rd 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 Thorold Road (SO18 1JB) in the last 12 months was 17.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.2% lower than the Bitterne Park average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorold Road (SO18 1JB), the main crime hotspot is near Cobden Court. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorold Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverdene Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cobden Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bullar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cobden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lacon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cobden Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Appleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hillside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hillside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St Catherines Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cobden Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cobden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harcourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bitterne Park Triangle Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Whitworth Crescent Local resolution
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Data Sources

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