Total Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bath Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bitterne Park , and the 14th lowest crime rate of 723 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 Bath Close (SO19 5ET) in the last 12 months was 10.1 per 1,000 residents and was 87.7% lower than the Bitterne Park average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 8.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bath Close (SO19 5ET), the main crime hotspot is near Shales Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haynes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portway Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portway Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Almatade Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | April Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shales Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Gabriel'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
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