Total Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woolwich Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bursledon & Hound North , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 431 local areas in Eastleigh .
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 Woolwich Close (SO31 8GE) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher than the Bursledon & Hound North average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woolwich Close (SO31 8GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parsons Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowers Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penelope Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langtry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Diligence Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rippon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacobs Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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