Crime Rates at Darlington Gardens, Southampton, SO15 5HG

Darlington Gardens area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 38th lowest crime rate of 734 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 Darlington Gardens (SO15 5HG) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% lower than the Shirley average (119.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Darlington Gardens (SO15 5HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colebrook Avenue, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bourne Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.