Total Crime Rate

221.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 221.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.2 10/10
  • Other theft 51.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 21.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 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

Nightingale Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Hitchin Bearton , and the 20th highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Road (SG5 1RH) in the last 12 months was 221.6 per 1,000 residents and was 206.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Road (SG5 1RH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rose Cottage Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dacre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dacre Road —
Sep 2025Public order Burton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forge Close —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Walsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs A505 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fells Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinbush Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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