Total Crime Rate

96.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highcliff 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.

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Crime Over Time in Highcliff Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fullerton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fullerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Fullerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fullerton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fullerton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Fullerton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Forster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cedar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Fullerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fullerton Place
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Lodge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Livingstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lodge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lodge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earls Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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