Total Crime Rate
153.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bromley Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 188th 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 Bromley Road (SO18 2AB) in the last 12 months was 153.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 98.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bromley Road (SO18 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trent Close, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edgehill Road (22 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 | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benhams Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brentwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Litchfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferndene Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summit Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
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