Total Crime Rate
213.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Portswood Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 128th 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 Portswood Road (SO17 2FW) in the last 12 months was 213.4 per 1,000 residents and was 95.9% higher than the Portswood average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 134.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2FW), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
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