Total Crime Rate
80.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charlton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Hitchin Highbury , and the 105th highest crime rate of 414 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 Charlton Road (SG5 2AB) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 117.6% higher than the Hitchin Highbury average (37.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 180.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charlton Road (SG5 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windmill Lane, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hitchin Priory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moormead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Road | — |
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