Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.2 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 58.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lydgate Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Thornhill , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lydgate Road (SO19 6NA) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (β‰ˆ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lydgate Road (SO19 6NA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lydgate Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ivy Dene Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tatwin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bursledon Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lydgate Close β€”
Apr 2026Public order Lydgate Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Bursledon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lydgate Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydgate Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydgate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydgate Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lydgate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bursledon Road β€”
Apr 2026Public order Bursledon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Apr 2026Drugs Herrick Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herrick Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herrick Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herrick Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herrick Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herrick Close β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Herrick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Herrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herrick Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bursledon Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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