Crime Rates at Lawrence Road, Southsea, PO5 1PA

Lawrence Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 280th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawrence Road (PO5 1PA) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawrence Road (PO5 1PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Albert Road, where police recorded 74 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.