Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 60.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.7 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bitterne Road East area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Thornhill , and the 321st 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 Bitterne Road East (SO18 5FD) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% lower than the Thornhill average (127.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bitterne Road East (SO18 5FD), the main crime hotspot is near Somerset Avenue. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bitterne Road East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Blendworth Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blendworth Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blendworth Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Weston Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barnes Close —
Apr 2026Robbery Exleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Exleigh Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Somerset Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Somerset Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Somerset Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Somerset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Somerset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Barnes Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blendworth Lane —
Apr 2026Public order Clanfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clanfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clanfield Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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