Total Crime Rate
181.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selby Place area has the 14th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Freemantle , and the 150th 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 Selby Place (SO15 3NU) in the last 12 months was 181.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 104.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 99.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selby Place (SO15 3NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harold Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selby Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Selby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | May Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kentish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kentish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villiers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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