Total Crime Rate

218.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 218.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 89.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Larch Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bursledon & Hound North , and the 24th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Eastleigh .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Larch Way (SO31 8HU) in the last 12 months was 218.4 per 1,000 residents and was 185.4% higher than the Bursledon & Hound North average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Larch Way (SO31 8HU), the main crime hotspot is near Silver Birches. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Larch Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cunningham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Manley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lowford Hill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Birches Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Reeves Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Woodlands Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chamberlayne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rowan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pallot Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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