Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Charlton 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 Old Charlton Road (SG5 2AJ) 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 Old Charlton Road (SG5 2AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Exchange Yard, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sun Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Charlton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Limes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coopers Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sun Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sun Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sun Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sun Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sun Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sun Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exchange Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exchange Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exchange Yard —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bucklersbury Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coopers Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Exchange Yard —
Apr 2026Other theft Bucklersbury Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Crabbes Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crabbes Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wratten Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crabbes Close —
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Data Sources

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