Total Crime Rate

334.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 334.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 142.5 10/10
  • Public order 35.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.1 10/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.2 9/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Archers Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 52nd 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 Archers Road (SO15 2LR) in the last 12 months was 334.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.4% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 186.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Archers Road (SO15 2LR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 216 crimes here, including 137 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Archers Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs College Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Methuen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mordaunt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mordaunt Road
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Padwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Methuen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rose Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Southampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Winchester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Winchester Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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