Public access to policing data for England and Wales.
SO5 crime statistics
The SO5 postcode district, in the SO (Southampton) postcode area.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 2,813 street-crime records for SO5 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 3.5% 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
2,813
Latest month (August 2026)
275
Year-on-year
+3.5%
Month-by-month totals
2860
210
Sep
209
Oct
243
Nov
205
Dec
197
Jan
197
Feb
263
Mar
248
Apr
218
May
262
Jun
286
Jul
275
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
210
October 2025
209
November 2025
243
December 2025
205
January 2026
197
February 2026
197
March 2026
263
April 2026
248
May 2026
218
June 2026
262
July 2026
286
August 2026
275
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 SO5 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 offences39.3%
1,105 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour13.6%
383 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Shoplifting9.3%
261 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Public order7.6%
214 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Criminal damage and arson6.8%
191 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Other theft6.5%
184 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Burglary4.0%
113 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Vehicle crime3.7%
104 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for SO5 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
4,066
2022
3,668
2023
3,157
2024
2,942
2025
2,636
2026 (part year)
1,946
Is SO5 safe?
We don't label places safe or unsafe, because published police records can't show that. This is what they show for SO5 from September 2025 to August 2026.
About 234 records a month. The busiest month was July 2026, with 286.
Records here changed by +3.5% on the 12 months before, against +1.4% across the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary area over the same months.
Violence and sexual offences is the largest category, at 39.3% 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 SO5 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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