Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 24.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 18th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 66th highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Stevenage .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Turpins Rise (SG2 8QZ) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% higher than the Longmeadow average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Turpins Rise (SG2 8QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (41 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knebworth Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knebworth Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Chace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margarets Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roebuck Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakdell Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hanover Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Public order Hanover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hanover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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