Crime Rates at Lawrence Road, Southsea, PO5 1NY

Lawrence Road area has the lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawrence Road (PO5 1NY) in the last 12 months was 5.7 per 1,000 residents and was 93.6% lower than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawrence Road (PO5 1NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 120 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wish Place (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.