Total Crime Rate

113.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.7 10/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Minstead Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Harefield , and the 286th highest crime rate of 734 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 Minstead Avenue (SO18 5JF) in the last 12 months was 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Minstead Avenue (SO18 5JF), the main crime hotspot is near Minstead Avenue. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Minstead Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breamore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meon Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beacon Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breamore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minstead Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Breamore Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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