Total Crime Rate
115.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoke Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Shirley , and the 268th highest crime rate of 723 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 Stoke Road (SO16 6BD) in the last 12 months was 115.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% lower than the Shirley average (118.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoke Road (SO16 6BD), the main crime hotspot is near Broughton Close. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arliss Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arliss Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Mill Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Mill Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Mill Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warren Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broughton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
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