Total Crime Rate

130.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.0 1/10
  • Other crime 1.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.0 1/10
  • Robbery 1.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grosvenor Square area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 235th highest crime rate of 723 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 Grosvenor Square (SO15 2BE) in the last 12 months was 130.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% lower 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grosvenor Square (SO15 2BE), the main crime hotspot is near Waterloo Terrace. Police recorded 324 crimes here, including 198 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grosvenor Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amoy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Waterloo Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Harborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Havelock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Havelock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Salisbury Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Salisbury Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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