Total Crime Rate
1000.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grosvenor Square area has the 7th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 11th highest crime rate of 734 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 Grosvenor Square (SO15 2DA) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 388.8% higher than the Banister & Polygon average (204.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 258.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grosvenor Square (SO15 2DA), 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.
View Crime In Banister & Polygon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bedford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bedford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canton Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Waterloo Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kenilworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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