Total Crime Rate
299.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Almond Hill , and the 21st highest crime rate of 248 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 High Street (SG1 3EJ) in the last 12 months was 299.0 per 1,000 residents and was 139.1% higher than the Almond Hill average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 125.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SG1 3EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Almond Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewpond Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dewpond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewpond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | James Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dymoke Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowling Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Primett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middle Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stanmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | The Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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