Total Crime Rate
204.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bevois Hill area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 121st 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 Bevois Hill (SO14 0SL) in the last 12 months was 204.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% higher than the Portswood average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 114.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bevois Hill (SO14 0SL), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 54 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fullerton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Peterborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fullerton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peterborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peterborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rigby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rigby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcliff Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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