Total Crime Rate
347.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
249.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middle Row area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Almond Hill , and the 18th 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 Middle Row (SG1 3AW) in the last 12 months was 347.2 per 1,000 residents and was 164.4% higher than the Almond Hill average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 249.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middle Row (SG1 3AW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 225 crimes here, including 140 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolners Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Townsend Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolners Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolners Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ivel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lintott Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trinity Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olde Swann Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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