Total Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stone Croft area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Codicote & Kimpton , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 414 local areas in North Hertfordshire .
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 Stone Croft (SG3 6BL) in the last 12 months was 48.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% higher than the Codicote & Kimpton average (44.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stone Croft (SG3 6BL), the main crime hotspot is near Deanscroft. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knebworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Orchard Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellamy Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deanscroft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Deanscroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deanscroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deanscroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornbeam Spring | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornbeam Spring | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornbeam Spring | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellamy Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deanscroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deanscroft | Under investigation |
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