Total Crime Rate
408.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
194.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mayflower 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 Mayflower Road (SO15 3LU) 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 Mayflower Road (SO15 3LU), 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 Regent'S Grove (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heysham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heysham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
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