Total Crime Rate

102.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.3 9/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Staplehurst Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Woolston , and the 309th highest crime rate of 734 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 Staplehurst Close (SO19 9QT) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Woolston average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Staplehurst Close (SO19 9QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawkhurst Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Staplehurst Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Staplehurst Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hurst Green Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Staplehurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wentworth Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Staplehurst Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wentworth Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hawkhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkhurst Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkhurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashurst Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tickleford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tickleford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tickleford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tickleford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Tickleford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wadhurst Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wadhurst Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Gardens
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garrett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hurst Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wentworth Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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