Crime Rates at French Street, Southampton, SO14 2AT

French Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bargate , and the 30th 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 French Street (SO14 2AT) in the last 12 months was 440.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 187.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around French Street (SO14 2AT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 189 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.