Crime Rate in Royston Palace, ward

Royston Palace has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 wards in North Hertfordshire district and the 3639th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 345th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Royston Palace in the last 12 months was 66.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% lower than the North Hertfordshire district average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Royston Palace’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 156 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Royston Palace ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near George Lane, with 28 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Shakespeare (11 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.