Total Crime Rate

6.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 6.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Broadwater Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 2nd 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 Broadwater Crescent (SG2 8EP) in the last 12 months was 6.0 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% lower than the Longmeadow average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around Broadwater Crescent (SG2 8EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazelmere Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Broadwater Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lodge Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nodes Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazelmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Carisbrooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nodes Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nodes Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grenville Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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