Total Crime Rate
287.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
174.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Onslow Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 74th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
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 Onslow Road (SO14 0JL) in the last 12 months was 287.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% higher than the Banister & Polygon average (191.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 174.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Onslow Road (SO14 0JL), the main crime hotspot is near Brintons Terrace. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Frederick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denzil Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peterborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackberry Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Methuen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Methuen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bellevue Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Methuen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockstone Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Onslow Road | — |
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