Total Crime Rate
260.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earls Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 88th highest crime rate of 723 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 Earls Road (SO14 6SG) in the last 12 months was 260.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earls Road (SO14 6SG), 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.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highcliff Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Highcliff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Methuen Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Methuen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Methuen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Methuen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bevois Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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