Total Crime Rate
175.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mobbsbury Way area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chells , and the 41st 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 Mobbsbury Way (SG2 0HX) in the last 12 months was 175.7 per 1,000 residents and was 156.3% higher than the Chells average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 117.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mobbsbury Way (SG2 0HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chells Way, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mobbsbury Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chells| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ross Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ross Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mobbsbury Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Byron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryden Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mobbsbury Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doncaster Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chells Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Doncaster Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chepstow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chepstow Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drakes Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Link | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mobbsbury Way | Under investigation |
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