Total Crime Rate

14.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

11.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 14.3 1/10
  • Violent crimes 11.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Blythwood Gardens area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 265 local areas in Uttlesford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blythwood Gardens (CM24 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 14.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.5% lower than the Broad Oak & the Hallingburys average (81.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blythwood Gardens (CM24 8HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cannons Court, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Bell Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Stansted North

Crime Over Time in Blythwood Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cannons Court
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Hill
Apr 2026Public order Bentfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cannons Court
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.