Crime Rates at Nightingale Road, Hitchin, SG5 1QW

Nightingale Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Hitchin Bearton , and the 115th highest crime rate of 414 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 Nightingale Road (SG5 1QW) in the last 12 months was 74.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Road (SG5 1QW), 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.