Crime Rates at The Avenue, Southampton, SO17 1YB

The Avenue area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 195th highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Avenue (SO17 1YB) in the last 12 months was 154.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 79.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (SO17 1YB), 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.