Total Crime Rate
53.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lawrence Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Biggleswade East , and the 347th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .
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 (SG18 0LT) in the last 12 months was 53.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% higher than the Biggleswade East average (52.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lawrence Road (SG18 0LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winston Crescent (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawnside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawnside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auckland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barn Field Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shuttleworth Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shuttleworth Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reynolds Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reynolds Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindsell Crescent | β |
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