Total Crime Rate

31.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woolgrove Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hitchin Walsworth , and the 122nd lowest crime rate of 413 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 Woolgrove Road (SG4 0BZ) in the last 12 months was 31.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% lower than the Hitchin Walsworth average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woolgrove Road (SG4 0BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadowbank, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tristram Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woolgrove Road area

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

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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