Total Crime Rate
101.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookside Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Swaythling , and the 315th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brookside Way (SO18 2LQ) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% higher than the Swaythling average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookside Way (SO18 2LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lord Mountbatten Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walnut Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenlea Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mardon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mardon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrim Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pilgrim Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Octavia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Claude Ashby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Rose Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gilbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alfred Rose Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monks Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Havenstone Way | Under investigation |
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