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SO2 crime statistics
The SO2 postcode district, in the SO (Southampton) postcode area.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 3,425 street-crime records for SO2 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 9.0% more than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
3,425
Latest month (August 2026)
315
Year-on-year
+9.0%
Month-by-month totals
3760
264
Sep
281
Oct
260
Nov
254
Dec
257
Jan
248
Feb
376
Mar
278
Apr
304
May
252
Jun
336
Jul
315
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
264
October 2025
281
November 2025
260
December 2025
254
January 2026
257
February 2026
248
March 2026
376
April 2026
278
May 2026
304
June 2026
252
July 2026
336
August 2026
315
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, so no rate is shown.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of SO2 records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences37.8%
1,294 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Shoplifting12.6%
430 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Anti-social behaviour10.9%
373 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Public order7.7%
264 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Criminal damage and arson6.9%
237 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Other theft6.0%
206 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Vehicle crime5.9%
202 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Burglary3.5%
119 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for SO2 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
4,136
2022
4,179
2023
3,606
2024
3,254
2025
3,145
2026 (part year)
2,366
Is SO2 safe?
We don't label places safe or unsafe, because published police records can't show that. This is what they show for SO2 from September 2025 to August 2026.
About 285 records a month. The busiest month was March 2026, with 376.
Records here changed by +9.0% on the 12 months before, against +1.4% across the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary area, the main force here with 99.9% of SO2's records, over the same months.
Violence and sexual offences is the largest category, at 37.8% of records, against 35.5% across England and Wales over the same months.
The records can't tell you about crime nobody reported, which street in SO2 a record came from, or how a place feels at different times of day. See the limits to keep in mind.
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a district by its nearest postcode. Counts near district boundaries are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Outcome labels in the source data are not court results or conviction rates.
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