Total Crime Rate

803.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 803.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 303.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 173.6 10/10
  • Public order 99.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.0 10/10
  • Other theft 37.0 10/10
  • Robbery 20.8 10/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 13.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.3 9/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Malmesbury Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 12th highest crime rate of 734 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 Malmesbury Place (SO15 5FS) in the last 12 months was 803.2 per 1,000 residents and was 292.6% higher 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 131 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 189 (≈ 437.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malmesbury Place (SO15 5FS), the main crime hotspot is near Shirley Road. Police recorded 188 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Malmesbury Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shirley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shirley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shirley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malmesbury Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumsden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lumsden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lumsden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shirley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newlands Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Suffolk Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Suffolk Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charlton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Stafford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stafford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Road

Data Sources

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