Crime Rates at Shakespeare Road, Eastleigh, SO50 4FY

Shakespeare Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Eastleigh Central , and the 13th highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Eastleigh .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shakespeare Road (SO50 4FY) in the last 12 months was 260.0 per 1,000 residents and was 92.9% higher than the Eastleigh Central average (134.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 200.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (SO50 4FY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Selbourne Drive, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Quadrangle (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.