Total Crime Rate

132.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 132.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 19.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whinbush Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Hitchin Bearton , and the 41st highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whinbush Road (SG5 1PN) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 400.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whinbush Road (SG5 1PN), the main crime hotspot is near Hermitage Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whinbush Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fyffes Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bancroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peppermint Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Walsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portmill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fells Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fyffes Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fyffes Court —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A505 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forge Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinbush Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hermitage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hermitage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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