Total Crime Rate
73.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roberts Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Marchwood & Eling , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roberts Road (SO40 9EJ) in the last 12 months was 73.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% lower than the Marchwood & Eling average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roberts Road (SO40 9EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Powell Crescent. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Totton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hounsdown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spicer'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A35 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A35 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchwood By-Pass | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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