Total Crime Rate

96.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.2 10/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middle 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 6HW) 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 6HW), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Blackberry Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Verulam Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Verulam Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackberry Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bevois Valley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bevois Valley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Kingsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bevois Hill
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigby Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rigby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cranbury Terrace
Apr 2026Drugs Cranbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Drugs Forster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cranbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Methuen Street

Data Sources

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