Crime Rates at Laundry Road, Southampton, SO16 6AQ

Laundry Road area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 6th highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laundry Road (SO16 6AQ) in the last 12 months was 1342.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1021.3% higher 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 201 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 260 (≈ 988.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laundry Road (SO16 6AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 345 crimes here, including 251 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.