Total Crime Rate
175.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Summers Street area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 159th 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 Summers Street (SO14 0PJ) in the last 12 months was 175.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% 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 14 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 ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Summers Street (SO14 0PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meridian Way, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kent Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lumpy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Durnford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durnford Road | Under investigation |
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