Bitterne Park
WardNorth east Southampton. About 14,870 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 26% of people in Bitterne Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bitterne Park compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bitterne Park safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bitterne Park at a rate of 72.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.8 per 1,000 people across Southampton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 89 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bitterne Park.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (435), other crime (172) and shoplifting (133).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Southampton
These figures are published for the whole of Southampton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Southampton and not Bitterne Park alone. See Southampton
Bitterne Park in brief
Bitterne Park had 14,827 usual residents at the census.
About 26% of people in Bitterne Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bitterne Park, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bitterne Park, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.