Total Crime Rate

141.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 141.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Drugs 14.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.4 6/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Turpins Rise area has the 16th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 61st 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 Turpins Rise (SG2 8QR) in the last 12 months was 141.2 per 1,000 residents and was 85.7% higher than the Longmeadow average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Turpins Rise (SG2 8QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Chace (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Turpins Rise area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Carisbrooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hanover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knebworth Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margarets Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knebworth Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hanover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakdell Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hanover Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stevenage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stevenage Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Chace

Data Sources

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