Crime Rate in Old Town, ward

Old Town has the 5th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Stevenage district and the 1525th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 119th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Old Town in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the Stevenage district average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Old Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 250 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 5 cases , down -16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 323 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Old Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 298 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (140 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.