Total Crime Rate

88.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Public order 14.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Yarmouth Gardens area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 365th lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yarmouth Gardens (SO15 5SE) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( 33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarmouth Gardens (SO15 5SE), the main crime hotspot is near Regent'S Grove. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yarmouth Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bracken Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newman Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Edmund'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglesea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglesea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tremona Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tremona Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tremona Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shirley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Medina Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Regent'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regent'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent'S Grove
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Briarswood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Mount
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime The Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Briarswood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Briarswood Under investigation

Data Sources

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