Total Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beech Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Longmeadow , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 248 local areas in Stevenage .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beech Drive (SG2 9TB) in the last 12 months was 25.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -65.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Drive (SG2 9TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Longmeadow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Breakspear | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Godfrey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randals Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayley Common | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cholwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackenzie Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collenswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shephall Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Ridings | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Breakspear | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxfield | Under investigation |
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