Total Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ludlow Road area has the lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Peartree , and the lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ludlow Road (SO19 2ES) in the last 12 months was 3.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.7% lower than the Peartree average (104.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ludlow Road (SO19 2ES), the main crime hotspot is near Elstree Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peartree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knighton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sholing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peveril Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ludlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sholing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seaward Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sholing Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaward Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Manor Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaward Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seaward Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sholing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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