Total Crime Rate
55.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spring Drive area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 84th lowest crime rate of 246 local areas in Stevenage .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spring Drive (SG2 8AZ) in the last 12 months was 55.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% lower than the Longmeadow average (74.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spring Drive (SG2 8AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazelmere Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stevenage| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwater Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbottom Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wood Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burydale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burydale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nokeside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwater Crescent | Under investigation |
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