Crime Rates at Newlands Avenue, Southampton, SO15 5ER

Newlands Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newlands Avenue (SO15 5ER) in the last 12 months was 58.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.2% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newlands Avenue (SO15 5ER), 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.