Total Crime Rate

131.9 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 131.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wheatcroft Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Harefield , and the 242nd 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 Wheatcroft Drive (SO18 5PS) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheatcroft Drive (SO18 5PS), the main crime hotspot is near Selborne Avenue. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wheatcroft Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nomad Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monnow Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beechwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melchet Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Melchet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melchet Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Chalk Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selborne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selborne Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatcroft Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alpine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Selborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hedgerow Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Francis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hedgerow Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Francis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Francis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Francis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorselands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hedgerow Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hedgerow Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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