Total Crime Rate
354.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
174.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arthur Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 52nd 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 Arthur Road (SO15 5DU) in the last 12 months was 354.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.0% higher than the Banister & Polygon average (191.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 174.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arthur Road (SO15 5DU), the main crime hotspot is near Shirley Road. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landguard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landguard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malmesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western District Cut | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Western District Cut | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shirley Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evelyn Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
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