Total Crime Rate
126.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lawn Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Portswood , and the 244th highest crime rate of 723 local areas in Southampton .
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 Lawn Road (SO17 2EY) in the last 12 months was 126.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher than the Portswood average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lawn Road (SO17 2EY), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southampton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portswood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bevois Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevois Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Portswood Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rigby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bevois Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rigby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spring Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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