Crime Rates at Shirley Road, Southampton, SO15 3FH

Shirley Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 349th lowest crime rate of 734 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 3FH) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shirley Road (SO15 3FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millbrook Road East, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shirley Road (84 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.