Crime Rates at Portal Road, Southampton, SO19 8LD

Portal Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Sholing , and the 198th lowest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Portal Road (SO19 8LD) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% lower than the Sholing average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portal Road (SO19 8LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South East Road, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wingate Drive (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.