Crime Rates at Third Avenue, Southampton, SO15 0JA

Third Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Freemantle , and the 20th 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 Third Avenue (SO15 0JA) in the last 12 months was 595.1 per 1,000 residents and was 244.8% higher than the Freemantle average (172.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 331.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Third Avenue (SO15 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Auckland Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.