Crime Rates at Romsey Road, Southampton, SO16 4BY

Romsey Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 294th 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 Romsey Road (SO16 4BY) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Romsey Road (SO16 4BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirley High Street, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent'S Grove (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.