Total Crime Rate
210.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
167.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Napier Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Thornhill , and the 113th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Napier Road (SO19 6BU) in the last 12 months was 210.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% higher 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 167.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Napier Road (SO19 6BU), the main crime hotspot is near Lydgate Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 38 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 | Lindsay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lydgate Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Napier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydgate Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spalding Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lydgate Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lydgate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lydgate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatwin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chettle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chettle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chettle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chettle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chettle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Proctor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chettle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chettle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chettle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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