Total Crime Rate

93.5 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 93.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Handel Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 351st highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Handel Road (SO15 2BW) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Handel Road (SO15 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Waterloo Terrace. Police recorded 313 crimes here, including 197 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Handel Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/94)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Terrace Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterloo Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wilton Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wilton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wilton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Harborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Sandhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lower Banister Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lower Banister Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lower Banister Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bedford Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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