Total Crime Rate

600.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 600.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 275.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.0 10/10
  • Public order 85.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Highcroft The Chace area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 8th highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Stevenage .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highcroft The Chace (SG2 8QU) in the last 12 months was 600.0 per 1,000 residents and was 689.0% higher than the Longmeadow average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 142.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 230.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highcroft The Chace (SG2 8QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 94 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 Highcroft The Chace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knebworth Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hanover Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hanover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Carisbrooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Chace —
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knebworth Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hanover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margarets Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stevenage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stevenage Road —
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Data Sources

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