Total Crime Rate
1416.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
367.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Denys Road area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 4th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Denys Road (SO17 2GN) in the last 12 months was 1416.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1182.3% 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 139 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 367.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Denys Road (SO17 2GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 330 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (113 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richmond Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Gardens | Under investigation |
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