Total Crime Rate
67.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trent Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 290th lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Trent Road (SO18 4PR) in the last 12 months was 67.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Bitterne Park average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 550.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trent Road (SO18 4PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trent Close, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edgehill Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bitterne Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Neva Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Litchfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Litchfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Trent Close | Under investigation |
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