Crime Rates at Nightingale Road, Hitchin, SG5 1QS

Nightingale Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hitchin Bearton , and the 77th highest crime rate of 414 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 Nightingale Road (SG5 1QS) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% higher than the Hitchin Bearton average (73.9 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 266.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Road (SG5 1QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bancroft (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.