Total Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middle Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 181st lowest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middle Street (SO14 6GU) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.9% lower than the Banister & Polygon average (191.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middle Street (SO14 6GU), the main crime hotspot is near Brintons Terrace. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 87 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Fanshawe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Highcliff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcliff Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bellevue Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cranbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bevois Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbury Place | Under investigation |
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