Total Crime Rate

55.6 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 55.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Hardy Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hitchin Walsworth , and the 178th 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 Hardy Close (SG4 0DN) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% higher 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardy Close (SG4 0DN), the main crime hotspot is near Chaucer Way. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hardy Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kipling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kipling Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kipling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kipling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kipling Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keats Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaucer Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Halsey Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gibson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gibson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gibson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gibson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gibson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Chaucer Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Michaels Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturrock Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keats Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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