Total Crime Rate
11.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chalmers Way area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bursledon & Hound North , and the 42nd lowest crime rate of 431 local areas in Eastleigh .
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 Chalmers Way (SO31 4LR) in the last 12 months was 11.3 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Bursledon & Hound North average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chalmers Way (SO31 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cliffe Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hamble & Netley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwicke Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwicke Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westfield Common | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beech Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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