Crime Rates at The Birches, Southampton, SO18 5SR

The Birches 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 The Birches (SO18 5SR) 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 The Birches (SO18 5SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Selborne Avenue, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somerton Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.