Total Crime Rate
385.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Trent Road area has the highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 37th 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 Trent Road (SO18 4PP) in the last 12 months was 385.9 per 1,000 residents and was 371.4% higher than the Bitterne Park average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 132.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trent Road (SO18 4PP), 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 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norris Hill | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Neva Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summit Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Litchfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferndene Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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