Total Crime Rate
99.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Warwick Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bandley Hill & Poplars , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Stevenage .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warwick Road (SG2 0QS) in the last 12 months was 99.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warwick Road (SG2 0QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chells Way, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priestly Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bandley Hill & Poplars| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priestly Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chells Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cavell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestly Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightingale Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fry Road | — |
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