Total Crime Rate
108.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Varna Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Varna Road (SO15 3AF) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 66.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Varna Road (SO15 3AF), the main crime hotspot is near Millbrook Road East. Police recorded 167 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pitt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pitt Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dymott Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Varna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Varna Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Millbrook Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millbrook Road East | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.