Total Crime Rate
408.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
194.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirley Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Freemantle , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 723 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 3JG) in the last 12 months was 408.1 per 1,000 residents and was 136.4% higher than the Freemantle average (172.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 194.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirley Road (SO15 3JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirley High Street, where police recorded 120 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayflower Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mayflower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mayflower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mayflower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mayflower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayflower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leighton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirley High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shirley High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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