Total Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spencer Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Thornhill , and the 266th 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 Spencer Road (SO19 6QX) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower than the Thornhill average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Road (SO19 6QX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Thornhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Proctor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Proctor Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pepys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pepys Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Napier Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinkler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jerome Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Browning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burke Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tatwin Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burke Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerome Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Jerome Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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