Total Crime Rate

71.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 71.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Old Charlton Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Hitchin Highbury , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Charlton Road (SG5 2AJ) in the last 12 months was 71.3 per 1,000 residents and was 98.3% higher than the Hitchin Highbury average (35.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Charlton Road (SG5 2AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Sun Street. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Charlton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Exchange Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exchange Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coopers Yard —
Sep 2025Drugs Crabbes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Exchange Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucklersbury Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucklersbury Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucklersbury Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bucklersbury Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bucklersbury —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Exchange Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Exchange Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Alley —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sun Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Sun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sun Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Exchange Yard Under investigation
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Data Sources

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