Postcode sector · Southampton
Crime in SO18 3
How much crime is recorded in SO18 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Eastleigh
- Region
- South East
- Population
- 13,229 (2024)
How safe is SO18 3
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in SO18 3, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
51
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SO18 3National
Violence and sexual offences19.323.6
Burglary11.19.1
Anti-social behaviour6.910.7
Shoplifting5.48.4
Vehicle crime5.03.5
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Public order2.94.6
Other theft2.44.5
Other crime1.11.5
Drugs0.92.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Theft from the person0.52.1
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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- SO18 3AD
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- SO18 3AG
- SO18 3BW
- SO18 3BX
- SO18 3BY
- SO18 3BZ
- SO18 3DA
- SO18 3DB
- SO18 3DD
- SO18 3DE
- SO18 3DH
- SO18 3HT
- SO18 3HW
- SO18 3HY
- SO18 3JY
- SO18 3JZ
- SO18 3LB
- SO18 3LD
- SO18 3LE
- SO18 3LF
- SO18 3LH
- SO18 3LJ
- SO18 3LL
- SO18 3LN
- SO18 3LP
- SO18 3LQ
- SO18 3LR
- SO18 3LS
- SO18 3LW
- SO18 3LX
- SO18 3LY
- SO18 3LZ
- SO18 3NA
- SO18 3NB
- SO18 3ND
- SO18 3NE
- SO18 3NF
- SO18 3NG
- SO18 3NH
- SO18 3NJ
- SO18 3NL
- SO18 3NP
- SO18 3NQ
- SO18 3NR
- SO18 3NT
- SO18 3NU