Crime Rate in Bandley Hill & Poplars, ward

Bandley Hill & Poplars has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 13 wards in Stevenage district and the 3184th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 457th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bandley Hill & Poplars in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower than the Stevenage district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bandley Hill & Poplars’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 162.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 180 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bandley Hill & Poplars ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 80 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Roundmead (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.