Crime Rates at Dark Lane, Blackfield, Southampton, SO45 1WB

Dark Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley , and the 50th highest crime rate of 548 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 Dark Lane (SO45 1WB) in the last 12 months was 132.1 per 1,000 residents and was 128.9% higher than the Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley average (57.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dark Lane (SO45 1WB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foresters Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.