Total Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ampthill Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Freemantle , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ampthill Road (SO15 8LN) in the last 12 months was 9.1 per 1,000 residents and was 94.7% lower than the Freemantle average (172.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ampthill Road (SO15 8LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A33 (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A33 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A33 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leighton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leighton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leighton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A33 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Testwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heysham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heysham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hardy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A33 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marchwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Freshfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Benson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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