Crime Rates at Hughes Close, Blackfield, Southampton, SO45 1UZ

Hughes Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley , and the 38th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in New Forest .

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 Hughes Close (SO45 1UZ) in the last 12 months was 166.3 per 1,000 residents and was 184.2% higher than the Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hughes Close (SO45 1UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pendleton Gardens, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pavilion Gardens (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.