Total Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salisbury Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Marchwood & Eling , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
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 Salisbury Road (SO40 3LY) in the last 12 months was 11.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.0% lower than the Marchwood & Eling average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (SO40 3LY), the main crime hotspot is near Nutsey Avenue. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Totton Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nutsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingdon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nutsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutsey Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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