Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gainsford Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Peartree , and the 17th 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 Gainsford Road (SO19 7BA) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% lower than the Peartree average (101.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gainsford Road (SO19 7BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Oaks, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elstree Road (26 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 | The Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Oaks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburnham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oaks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburnham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Oaks | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elstree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ashburnham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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