Total Crime Rate
379.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lodge Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 37th highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lodge Road (SO14 6RN) in the last 12 months was 379.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% higher than the Banister & Polygon average (204.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 186.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lodge Road (SO14 6RN), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Banister & Polygon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Kingsbury Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Spear Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peterborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peterborough Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clausentum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lodge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevois Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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