Total Crime Rate
98.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sopwith Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Eastleigh Central , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Eastleigh .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sopwith Road (SO50 5LN) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% lower than the Eastleigh Central average (134.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sopwith Road (SO50 5LN), the main crime hotspot is near Causton Gardens. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastleigh Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmer Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sopwith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Factory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlayne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlayne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pirelli Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmer Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wilmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sopwith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drum Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heinz Burt Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Romsey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Romsey Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Causton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Causton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loveridge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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