Total Crime Rate
334.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 52nd 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 The Avenue (SO17 1XJ) in the last 12 months was 334.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.4% higher than the Banister & Polygon average (204.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 186.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Avenue (SO17 1XJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 216 crimes here, including 137 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Banister & Polygon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mordaunt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mordaunt Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellevue Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bellevue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockstone Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carlton Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellevue Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ordnance Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Padwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carlton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Methuen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Methuen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Upper Banister Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southampton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southampton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Under investigation |
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