Total Crime Rate

264.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

99.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 101.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 99.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.7 8/10
  • Robbery 23.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.8 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 7/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Portswood Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 723 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 Portswood Road (SO17 2BF) in the last 12 months was 264.8 per 1,000 residents and was 139.8% higher than the Portswood average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 99.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 245 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Gardens (78 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Portswood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/80)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Richmond Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Burglary Grosvenor Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Richmond Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Richmond Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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