Total Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coleridge Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hitchin Walsworth , and the 94th 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 Coleridge Close (SG4 0QY) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% lower than the Hitchin Walsworth average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Close (SG4 0QY), 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.
View Crime In Hitchin Walsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gibson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gibson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gibson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Michaels Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gibson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coleridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gibson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Campbell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Close | Under investigation |
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