Crime Rates at Dryden Crescent, Stevenage, SG2 0JB

Dryden Crescent area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Chells , and the 37th lowest crime rate of 246 local areas in Stevenage .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dryden Crescent (SG2 0JB) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% lower than the Chells average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dryden Crescent (SG2 0JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chepstow Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mobbsbury Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.