Total Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kathleen Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Sholing , and the 108th 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 Kathleen Road (SO19 8LP) in the last 12 months was 32.4 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower than the Sholing average (85.1 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kathleen Road (SO19 8LP), the main crime hotspot is near Wingate Drive. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 19 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 | Sunvale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silver Birch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vokes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vokes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dempsey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dempsey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Julian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Drove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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