Crime Rate in Royston Heath, ward

Royston Heath has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 wards in North Hertfordshire district and the 2883rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 271st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Royston Heath in the last 12 months was 77.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the North Hertfordshire district average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Royston Heath’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -64.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 171 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Royston Heath ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 64 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Rosecomb (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.