Total Crime Rate

126.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 38.2 8/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
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Crime overview

Maxwell Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Sholing , and the 259th 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 Maxwell Road (SO19 8EU) in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% higher than the Sholing average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maxwell Road (SO19 8EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Calderwood Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South East Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Maxwell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting South East Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lynden Gate —
Sep 2025Shoplifting South East Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting South East Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bay Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calderwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting South East Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torrington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapel Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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