Total Crime Rate

131.9 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 131.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.0 9/10
  • Other crime 33.0 10/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sheepcroft Hill area has the 6th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Bandley Hill & Poplars , and the 65th highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Stevenage .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sheepcroft Hill (SG2 9PR) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 131.6% higher than the Bandley Hill & Poplars average (56.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheepcroft Hill (SG2 9PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roundmead (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sheepcroft Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Fallowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barleycroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotney Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldfare Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldfare Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roundmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Roundmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Roundmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Blackberry Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barleycroft
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackberry Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falcon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barleycroft
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Blackberry Mead Under investigation

Data Sources

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