Crime Rates at Milton Road, Southampton, SO15 2HS

Milton Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 358th 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 Milton Road (SO15 2HS) in the last 12 months was 88.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (SO15 2HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedford Place, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.