Total Crime Rate
172.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Way area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 162nd 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 Queens Way (SO14 3GT) in the last 12 months was 172.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 104.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Way (SO14 3GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bernard Street, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Street (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Of The Walls | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lime Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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