Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roundhill Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 295th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roundhill Close (SO18 2FR) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roundhill Close (SO18 2FR), the main crime hotspot is near Hood Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 25 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benhams Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cerne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brentwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cerne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Townhill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roundhill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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