Total Crime Rate

320.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 320.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 184.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.5 9/10
  • Public order 38.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Walkern 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 3RD) 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 3RD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walkern Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Middle Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basils Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stanmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southend Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middle Row
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olde Swann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldcroft
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Church Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowling Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Walkern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person The Grange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alleyns Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dymoke Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olde Swann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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