Total Crime Rate
304.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifford Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bargate , and the 67th 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 Clifford Street (SO14 1NE) in the last 12 months was 304.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% higher than the Bargate average (292.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 121.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifford Street (SO14 1NE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 57 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 | Drugs | Golden Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Broad Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Front | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oxford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exmoor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Johnson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nichols Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Front | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cossack Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Golden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Golden Grove | — |
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