Total Crime Rate
111.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dimond Hill area has the 16th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 281st highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dimond Hill (SO18 1JF) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% higher than the Bitterne Park average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dimond Hill (SO18 1JF), the main crime hotspot is near Trent Close. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobden Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherines Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dimond Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parklands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Hill | Under investigation |
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