Crime Rates at Westridge Road, Southampton, SO17 2HD

Westridge Road 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 Westridge Road (SO17 2HD) 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 Westridge Road (SO17 2HD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 330 crimes here, including 99 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.