Total Crime Rate

51.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 51.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chells Way area has the 21st highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bandley Hill & Poplars , and the 86th lowest crime rate of 248 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 Chells Way (SG2 0LF) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% lower than the Bandley Hill & Poplars average (56.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chells Way (SG2 0LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Siddons Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chells Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eliot Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightingale Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cavell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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