Crime Rates at Osborne Road South, Southampton, SO17 2EZ

Osborne Road South area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 244th 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 Osborne Road South (SO17 2EZ) in the last 12 months was 126.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher than the Portswood average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osborne Road South (SO17 2EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 252 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.