Total Crime Rate
98.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Valentine Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Sholing , and the 326th 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 Valentine Avenue (SO19 0EQ) in the last 12 months was 98.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Sholing average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Valentine Avenue (SO19 0EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Valentine Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canterbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Constable Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valentine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heyes Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Old Well Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Old Well Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Landseer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Magpie Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elgar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Magpie Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Valentine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dawson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whistler Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Valentine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
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