Total Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chestnut Rise area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Eastleigh Central , and the 125th lowest crime rate of 431 local areas in Eastleigh .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chestnut Rise (SO53 3HL) in the last 12 months was 25.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% lower than the Eastleigh Central average (132.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chestnut Rise (SO53 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Magpie Lane, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goodall Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastleigh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kestrel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wagtail Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodall Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hawthorns | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Knott Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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