Total Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Serle Close area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Totton North , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Serle Close (SO40 8EW) in the last 12 months was 39.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower than the Totton North average (85.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Serle Close (SO40 8EW), the main crime hotspot is near Ringwood Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Totton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dales Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dales Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clydesdale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clydesdale Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabapple Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cypress Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
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