Crime Rates at Octavia Road, Swaythling, Southampton, SO18 2LU

Octavia Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Swaythling , and the 327th 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 Octavia Road (SO18 2LU) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% higher than the Swaythling average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Octavia Road (SO18 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Itchenside Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walnut Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.