Total Crime Rate

95.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avenue Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avenue Road (SO14 6TR) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (SO14 6TR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banister Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Banister Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Banister Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Padwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brighton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mordaunt Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lindoe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lindoe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lindoe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Dibben Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Banister Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mordaunt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Livingstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Norcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lodge Road —

Data Sources

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