Total Crime Rate

204.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

114.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 204.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 114.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Public order 25.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Portswood Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 121st 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 Portswood Road (SO17 2US) in the last 12 months was 204.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 114.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portswood Road (SO17 2US), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Portswood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodside Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Highcliff Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Forster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigby Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rigby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earls Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earls Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highcliff Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Portswood Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Verulam Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Public order Portswood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portswood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portswood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fullerton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Verulam Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bevois Valley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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