Total Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seaford Close area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bursledon & Hound North , and the 202nd 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 Seaford Close (SO31 8GL) in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaford Close (SO31 8GL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Pineview Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowers Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millers View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langtry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jacobs Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Diligence Close | 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 | Other crime | Rippon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penelope Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffon Close | Under investigation |
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