Crime Rates at Priory Road, Southampton, SO17 2HS

Priory Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 335th highest crime rate of 734 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 Priory Road (SO17 2HS) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (SO17 2HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drummond Drive, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawkeswood Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.