Lawrence Hill Industrial Estate, Barton Manor Trading Estate and Eastgate Retail Park all lie close to Lawrence Hill, with Cabot Circus a short distance west. We guard and patrol the trade units and stores across this part of east Bristol.
Trusted Protection in Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill is surrounded by working estates: its own industrial estate, Wadehurst Industrial Park, Kingsland, Barton Manor and Eastpark trading estates and Premier Business Park. Retail runs from Eastgate Retail Park to Cabot Circus and Avon Meads. With Easton right alongside, the area combines dense housing with trade counters and warehouses, so we tailor cover to each site's opening hours and access points.
Lawrence Hill Business Profile
Within 10 miles of Lawrence Hill our network numbers 160 security workers. Eighty of them hold SIA licences that are current and can be put on shifts, and 25 have cars for mobile rounds. BS 7858 screening and PAYE employment apply to every one, and our control room tracks book-on by GPS.
Bristol's register holds about 18,305 businesses, headed by professional services with 3,320. Tech and communications firms make up 10.2% against 7.0% across Britain, so data rooms and offices need access control and monitored cameras. Finance, at 2.7% compared with 2.1%, adds demand for staffed receptions and alarm attendance outside working hours.
The Jam Jar, Club395 and Document are among the named venues within 5km. Once Martyn's Law starts, any room holding 200 or more will carry new duties, and our door staff and planners can get venues ready early. What Martyn's Law means for venues.
Sources: Go Security officer network (counts rounded to the nearest 5); ONS UK Business Counts via Nomis; place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Updated October 2026.
Security Requirements in Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill's 5km radius is one of the busiest in our data: 94 mapped construction sites, 442 pubs, bars and nightclubs, five railway stations including Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road and Temple Meads, and hospitals such as the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Local police are dealing with parking on Stapleton Road, drug dealing and anti-social behaviour around the skate park under the M32. Businesses nearby benefit from visible patrols, good lighting and cameras that cover their frontages.
Services in Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill sites can draw on the services below, singly or combined to match how each estate unit or store operates.
Security guarding · Mobile patrols · Key holding · Alarm response · Event security · K9 security · CCTV towers · CCTV monitoring · POD intruder alarms
Crime & Security Data
Police.uk holds 11,551 crime records for the mile around Lawrence Hill between September 2025 and August 2026.
Violence and sexual offences made up 3,815, a third of the total. Anti-social behaviour reached 1,677, public order 1,063, shoplifting 1,061 and other theft 805. Overall, recent months were 8% up on a year before, while shop theft more than tripled with a 220% increase. Stores here have a strong case for uniformed officers and store detectives, and estates for regular patrols.
Source: Police.uk open data, street-level crime within ~1 mile, September 2025 to August 2026. Locations are approximate.
Local Policing
Avon and Somerset Constabulary's Easton and Redfield team is working on parking problems along Stapleton Road, drug dealing and use, and anti-social behaviour at the skate park beneath the M32.
Current neighbourhood priorities:
Source: Police.uk neighbourhoods, the policing team whose area covers Lawrence Hill.
Areas We Cover Near Lawrence Hill
Our cover takes in Easton, right next to Lawrence Hill, plus St Pauls and St George, each a mile away.
Postcodes We Cover in Lawrence Hill
The 8 postcode districts nearest central Lawrence Hill, covering parts of Bristol, City of, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
Nearest first. Source: ONS postcode data via postcodes.io. Need another postcode? Check coverage.
Lawrence Hill Security FAQs
That is the Police.uk comparison of the latest three months with the same period a year earlier. There were 1,061 shoplifting offences within a mile over the year. Retail officers and store detectives give stores a trained, visible presence.
Yes. Mobile patrols visit trade units at irregular times, check shutters, locks and fences, and record each visit by GPS. Key holding and alarm response can be added so activations are handled by our officers.
Our network has 160 security workers within 10 miles. Eighty of them carry current SIA licences and can be booked for shifts, and 25 have cars, which helps with patrol rounds across east Bristol.
There are 94 mapped construction sites within 5km of Lawrence Hill. We provide gate guards, camera towers monitored through an NSI Gold accredited centre and overnight checks to protect plant and materials.
Tech and communications firms make up 10.2% of Bristol businesses. Access control, reception officers and CCTV monitoring protect offices and data rooms, with alarm response available out of hours.
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