Total Crime Rate

45.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.1 4/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fritham Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Harefield , and the 184th 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 Fritham Road (SO18 5GG) in the last 12 months was 45.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Harefield average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fritham Road (SO18 5GG), the main crime hotspot is near Steep Close. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fritham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Chalk Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melchet Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Melchet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melchet Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denmead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Beechwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steep Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Steep Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bentley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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