The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW), 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south of the City Hall interlocking at Southland Drive.

Southwood was measured to have a 2023 crime rate of 6,136/100k, making it worse than communities such as Forest Lawn or Marlborough.

On a CityNews interview in January 2022 with Calgary Transit Lead Staff 'Stephen Tauro', it was listed as one of the 5 stations with an unusually high crime rate.

Multiple weapons such as 21 knives, two machetes, two hatchets, a handgun, and a can of bear spray were also seized by police.

40 people would get arrested between multiple stations, Southland along with Franklin, Marlborough, Heritage, Sunalta, Rundle, Whitehorn, Brentwood, Chinook, Crowfoot, 8th Street SW, Anderson, Dalhousie, Westbrook Stations would have arrests relating to the aforementioned drug trade.

[9] A victim, 27, was attacked at about 1:30 AM on the morning of November 10, 2006 as he descended the escalators at Southland LRT Station.