Total Crime Rate

344.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 344.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 183.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.9 10/10
  • Public order 38.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Cheriton Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Harefield , and the 48th highest crime rate of 734 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 Cheriton Avenue (SO18 5HH) in the last 12 months was 344.7 per 1,000 residents and was 284.5% higher than the Harefield average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheriton Avenue (SO18 5HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerset Avenue, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mansfield Park Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cheriton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmsley Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Somerset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Steep Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steep Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somerset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somerset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Somerset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Somerset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Somerset Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Park Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Steventon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mountain Ash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steventon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steventon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmsley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A334 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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