Crime Rates at Mortimer Close, Totton, Southampton, SO40 2QE

Mortimer Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Totton Central , and the 49th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mortimer Close (SO40 2QE) in the last 12 months was 134.6 per 1,000 residents and was 102.5% higher than the Totton Central average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Close (SO40 2QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tennyson Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackwater Mews (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.