Total Crime Rate

150.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Priory Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 209th highest crime rate of 734 local areas in Southampton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Road (SO17 2LQ) in the last 12 months was 150.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (SO17 2LQ), the main crime hotspot is near St Denys Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Portswood

Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Denys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltmead —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saltmead —
Sep 2025Public order Saltmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowden Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowden Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowden Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Denys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcadia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcadia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcadia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dundee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priory Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Denys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Denys Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Osborne Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Denys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Osborne Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 20 of 20

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑