Total Crime Rate

36.5 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 36.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowards Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Codicote & Kimpton , and the 152nd lowest 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 Cowards Lane (SG4 8UW) in the last 12 months was 36.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Codicote & Kimpton average (32.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowards Lane (SG4 8UW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poynders Meadow, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Taverners Place (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowards Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Opening Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Taverners Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Albans Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poynders Meadow —
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Data Sources

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