Total Crime Rate

128.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

73.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 128.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 73.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Edelvale Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Harefield , and the 240th 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 Edelvale Road (SO18 5PR) in the last 12 months was 128.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 73.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edelvale Road (SO18 5PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Selborne Avenue, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Yeovil Chase (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edelvale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Yeovil Chase Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Yeovil Chase Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Selborne Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Melchet Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Francis Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Francis Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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