Total Crime Rate

160.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 160.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 78.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pentire Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 184th highest 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 Pentire Avenue (SO15 7RS) in the last 12 months was 160.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% higher than the Shirley average (119.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pentire Avenue (SO15 7RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A35, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolverley Court (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pentire Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luccombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luccombe Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Winchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentire Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A35 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery A35 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bladon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Harland Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arlowe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wilton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Ivanhoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ivanhoe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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