Total Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pondcroft Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Codicote & Kimpton , and the 151st highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .
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 Pondcroft Road (SG3 6DB) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 102.4% higher than the Codicote & Kimpton average (32.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pondcroft Road (SG3 6DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deanscroft (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Codicote & Kimpton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Deanscroft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haygarth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Haygarth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strafford Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strafford Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strafford Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Haygarth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Spring | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Spring | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hornbeam Spring | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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