Crime Rate in Bevois, ward

Bevois has the 7th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Southampton district and the 1169th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 133rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bevois in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Southampton district average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bevois’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 877 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 16 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,113 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bevois ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 183 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Brintons Terrace (101 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.