Total Crime Rate
243.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Portswood Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 102nd 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 2FB) in the last 12 months was 243.4 per 1,000 residents and was 120.4% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 137.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2FB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 54 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 | Public order | Livingstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fullerton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fullerton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fullerton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fullerton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portswood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spring Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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