Shirley
WardNorth west Southampton. About 15,128 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 32% of people in Shirley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shirley compares
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Is Shirley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shirley at a rate of 116.7 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, 174 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shirley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (747), other crime (362) and anti-social behaviour (183).
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 ward, so they describe all of Southampton and not Shirley alone. See Southampton
Shirley in brief
Shirley had 15,085 usual residents at the census.
About 32% of people in Shirley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shirley, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shirley, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.