Crime Rates at Shirley Road, Southampton, SO15 3EU

Shirley Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 105th 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 Shirley Road (SO15 3EU) in the last 12 months was 232.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 116.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shirley Road (SO15 3EU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 849 crimes here, including 479 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.