Crime Rates at Commercial Road, Southampton, SO15 1GS

Commercial Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 10th highest crime rate of 734 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 Commercial Road (SO15 1GS) in the last 12 months was 1072.2 per 1,000 residents and was 424.1% 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 146 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 45.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -78.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 212 (≈ 546.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (SO15 1GS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 312 crimes here, including 146 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.