Total Crime Rate

65.3 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 65.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.4 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fishponds Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Hitchin Bearton , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fishponds Road (SG5 1NR) in the last 12 months was 65.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower than the Hitchin Bearton average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fishponds Road (SG5 1NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fishponds Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baliol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bancroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fyffes Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fyffes Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fyffes Court
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Capswell Court
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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