Crime Rates at Shirley Road, Southampton, SO15 3HJ

Shirley Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 12th 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 Shirley Road (SO15 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 803.2 per 1,000 residents and was 292.6% 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 131 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 189 (≈ 437.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shirley Road (SO15 3HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harold Road (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.