Total Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holland Place area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 169th lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holland Place (SO16 6AZ) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holland Place (SO16 6AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Chestnut Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shirley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessamine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessamine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Jessamine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holland Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beulah Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tremona Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Medina Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bracken Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tremona Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Medina Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Mill Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Mill Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tremona Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Mill Way | Under investigation |
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