Crime Rates at Portswood Road, Southampton, SO17 2LE

Portswood Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 280th lowest crime rate of 723 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 Portswood Road (SO17 2LE) in the last 12 months was 65.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.4% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 183 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Gardens (78 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.