Crime Statistics for Highfield, Southampton, City of Southampton, 2024

There were a total of 558 street level crime incidents in Highfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Highfield, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	221
Vehicle Crime	54
Criminal Damage Arson	48
Other Theft	46
Anti Social Behaviour	44
Public Order	35
Shoplifting	28
Burglary	27
Drugs	22
Possession Of Weapons	11
Bicycle Theft	11
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	3
All Crime	558

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Highfield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Highfield

We've taken the ten nearest places to Highfield and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Highfield has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Portswood (0.62 miles)	586
Highfield	558
Shirley (1.39 miles)	460
Lordswood (1.39 miles)	375
Bitterne Park (1.24 miles)	334
Hampton Park (0.88 miles)	326
Freemantle (1.76 miles)	312
Townhill Park (1.86 miles)	277
Bassett Green (1.24 miles)	136
Bassett (1.39 miles)	129

Where are the most violent places near Highfield?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Highfield and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Highfield	221
Portswood	205
Lordswood	181
Shirley	161
Hampton Park	127
Bitterne Park	119
Freemantle	117
Townhill Park	106
Bassett Green	56
Bassett	51

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Highfield?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Highfield to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Highfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Highfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Highfield is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bevois	92
2	Harefield	85
3	Freemantle	85
4	Bargate	83
5	Shirley	81
6	Peartree	80
7	Swaythling	78
8	Coxford	77
9	Bitterne Park	72
10	Portswood	69
11	Bassett	56

Which road in Highfield has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Highfield with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Raymond Road.