Total Crime Rate
509.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grantham Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Eastleigh Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 431 local areas in Eastleigh .
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 Grantham Road (SO50 5PU) in the last 12 months was 509.3 per 1,000 residents and was 285.7% higher than the Eastleigh Central average (132.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 154.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grantham Road (SO50 5PU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 284 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastleigh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitchell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanns Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wells Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Desborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wells Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mitchell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blenheim Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mitchell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blenheim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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