Total Crime Rate

100.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 100.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.1 9/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Keats Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Hitchin Walsworth , and the 68th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Keats Way (SG4 0DP) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 137.8% higher than the Hitchin Walsworth average (42.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keats Way (SG4 0DP), the main crime hotspot is near Chaucer Way. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Keats Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chaucer Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gibson Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gibson Close —
Apr 2026Burglary Masefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Masefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Masefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Masefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Masefield Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shelley Close —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Keats Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kingsdown Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Keats Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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