Total Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nursery Gardens area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Thornhill , and the 302nd 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 Nursery Gardens (SO19 5SY) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% lower than the Thornhill average (127.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nursery Gardens (SO19 5SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keynsham Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Philip'S Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Philip'S Way | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Crescent | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bath Road | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portway Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portway Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Gabriel'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | April Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Exleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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