Crime Rates at Ivy Road, Southampton, SO17 2JP

Ivy Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 156th lowest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ivy Road (SO17 2JP) in the last 12 months was 40.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ivy Road (SO17 2JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drummond Drive, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Denys Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.