Total Crime Rate
78.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Long Leaves area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 119th highest 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 Long Leaves (SG2 9AY) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Leaves (SG2 9AY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Longmeadow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillers Link | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Muntings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | William Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Leaves | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shackleton Spring | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | William Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | William Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Leaves | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Sean | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peartree Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peartree Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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