Total Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunningdale Gardens area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Harefield , and the 253rd lowest crime rate of 723 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 Sunningdale Gardens (SO18 5FH) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% lower than the Harefield average (96.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunningdale Gardens (SO18 5FH), the main crime hotspot is near Wellow Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 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 | Wellow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Gabriel'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portway Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Exleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portway Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | April Close | Under investigation |
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