Total Crime Rate
320.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Walkern Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Almond Hill , and the 19th 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 Walkern Road (SG1 3QX) in the last 12 months was 320.5 per 1,000 residents and was 156.3% 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 222.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walkern Road (SG1 3QX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 194 crimes here, including 117 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 | Drugs | Stanmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Primett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowling Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southend Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middle Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chambers Gate | 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Walkern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dymoke Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olde Swann Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olde Swann Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olde Swann Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldcroft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Basils Road | Under investigation |
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