Total Crime Rate

48.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 48.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.5 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Orchard Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hitchin Walsworth , and the 206th highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

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 Orchard Road (SG4 0BP) in the last 12 months was 48.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher than the Hitchin Walsworth average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Road (SG4 0BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cambridge Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Franklin Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturgeon'S Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Highover Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woolgrove Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lawrence Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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