Crime Statistics for Bassett Green, Southampton, City of Southampton, 2024

Crime statistics for Bassett Green, Southampton

There were a total of 145 street level crime incidents in Bassett Green in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bassett Green, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime54
Vehicle Crime25
Criminal Damage Arson17
Other Theft14
Public Order7
Burglary6
Shoplifting5
Anti Social Behaviour5
Robbery4
Drugs3
Other Crime3
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime145

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bassett Green. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bassett Green

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bassett Green and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bassett Green has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Highfield (1.24 miles)682
Portswood (1.39 miles)586
Bitterne Park (1.75 miles)410
Hampton Park (0.88 miles)386
Lordswood (1.39 miles)375
Bassett Green145
North Stoneham (0.88 miles)133
Bassett (0.62 miles)126
Chilworth (1.39 miles)18
Chilworth Old Village (1.76 miles)17

27.57%
of Bassett residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bassett Green?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bassett Green and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Highfield246
Portswood205
Lordswood181
Bitterne Park144
Hampton Park128
Bassett63
North Stoneham55
Bassett Green54
Chilworth8
Chilworth Old Village7

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bassett Green?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bassett Green to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bassett Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bassett Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bassett Green is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Shirley81
2Peartree80
3Swaythling78
4Coxford77
5Bitterne Park72
6Portswood69
7West End South68
8Eastleigh South66
9Bassett56
10West End North44
11Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams40

Which road in Bassett Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bassett Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Glen Eyre Road.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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