Total Crime Rate
162.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Skegness Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Symonds Green , and the 49th highest crime rate of 246 local areas in Stevenage .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Skegness Road (SG1 2HS) in the last 12 months was 162.0 per 1,000 residents and was 115.8% higher than the Symonds Green average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (β 64.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skegness Road (SG1 2HS), the main crime hotspot is near Berwick Close. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stevenage| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Symonds Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Scarborough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scarborough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scarborough Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hastings Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jubilee Road | Under investigation |
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