Total Crime Rate

90.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 90.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 72.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.5 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sparsholt Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Woolston , and the 350th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sparsholt Road (SO19 9NJ) in the last 12 months was 90.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% lower than the Woolston average (97.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sparsholt Road (SO19 9NJ), the main crime hotspot is near International Way. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sparsholt Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fullerton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fullerton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences International Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences International Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fullerton Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fullerton Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Doyle Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doyle Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences International Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Close —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons International Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime International Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences International Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour International Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Close —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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