Total Crime Rate
96.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highcliff Avenue area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 332nd 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 Highcliff Avenue (SO14 0TN) in the last 12 months was 96.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highcliff Avenue (SO14 0TN), 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 | Livingstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fullerton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Livingstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Under investigation |
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