Total Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kathleen Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Sholing , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kathleen Road (SO19 8HG) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% higher than the Sholing average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 100.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kathleen Road (SO19 8HG), the main crime hotspot is near Bursledon Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sholing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imber Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Effingham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bursledon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bursledon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Anson Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Anson Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Anson Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Anson Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Frobisher Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bursledon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosswell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Effingham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bursledon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowther Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | High Firs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North East Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowther Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowther Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mowbray Road | Under investigation |
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