Total Crime Rate

171.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 171.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.5 6/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lawson Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Bridlington Central and Old Town , and the 80th highest crime rate of 1,117 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawson Road (YO16 7LZ) in the last 12 months was 171.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% higher than the Bridlington Central and Old Town average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawson Road (YO16 7LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Havelock Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baptist Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Jubilee Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Jay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swindon Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blue Jay Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order B1423 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baptist Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Havelock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swindon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baylegate
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Jude Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Swindon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baptist Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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