Crime Rates at Lyon Street, Southampton, SO14 0LY

Lyon Street area has the 49th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lyon Street (SO14 0LY) in the last 12 months was 152.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% lower 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyon Street (SO14 0LY), the main crime hotspot is near Onslow Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.