Total Crime Rate
96.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middle Street area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 336th 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 Middle Street (SO14 6HD) in the last 12 months was 96.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% lower than the Banister & Polygon average (191.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middle Street (SO14 6HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Place (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fanshawe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbury Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peterborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peterborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bevois Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denzil Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Methuen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Onslow Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
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