City Centre & The Polygon
Middle areaSouth west Southampton. 11,779 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in City Centre & The Polygon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in City Centre & The Polygon
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in City Centre & The Polygon at a rate of 408.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.8 per 1,000 people across Southampton.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,335 |
| Shoplifting | 1,313 |
| Other crime | 803 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 491 |
| Drug offences | 260 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 184 |
| Burglary | 131 |
| Vehicle crime | 123 |
| Robbery | 100 |
| Theft from the person | 74 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How City Centre & The Polygon compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is City Centre & The Polygon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in City Centre & The Polygon at a rate of 408.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.8 per 1,000 people across Southampton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 504 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in City Centre & The Polygon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,335), shoplifting (1,313) and other crime (803).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Southampton
These figures are published for the whole of Southampton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Southampton and not City Centre & The Polygon alone. See Southampton
City Centre & The Polygon in brief
The median price paid for a home in City Centre & The Polygon was £212,500 in 2025.
City Centre & The Polygon had 8,966 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in City Centre & The Polygon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In City Centre & The Polygon, 82.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.