Total Crime Rate

68.4 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 68.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Austen Paths area has the 13th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bandley Hill & Poplars , and the 120th lowest crime rate of 248 local areas in Stevenage .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Austen Paths (SG2 0NH) in the last 12 months was 68.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Austen Paths (SG2 0NH), the main crime hotspot is near Siddons Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Austen Paths area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flinders Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferrier Road —
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 Flinders Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cavell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightingale Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flinders Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other crime Beale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eliot Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Blackwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferrier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Siddons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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