Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 27.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pondcroft Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Codicote & Kimpton , and the 96th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pondcroft Road (SG3 6DF) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher than the Codicote & Kimpton average (44.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pondcroft Road (SG3 6DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deanscroft (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pondcroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hornbeam Spring
Apr 2026Other crime Deanscroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strafford Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gun Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deanscroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Deanscroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deanscroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hornbeam Spring
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hornbeam Spring
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Deanscroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Deanscroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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