Total Crime Rate

93.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 28.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nursery Gardens area has the 25th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Eastleigh Central , and the 79th 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 Nursery Gardens (SO53 3RS) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower than the Eastleigh Central average (134.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Gardens (SO53 3RS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nursery Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Suffolk Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devon Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Devon Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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