Total Crime Rate

124.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 124.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 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 50th lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Banister & Polygon , and the 248th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2FX) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.3% lower than the Banister & Polygon average (191.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2FX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 323 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Portswood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Spring Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spring Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Spring Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Fullerton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawn Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawn Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lawn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abbotts Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fullerton Place —
Apr 2026Burglary Fullerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Portswood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Portswood Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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