Total Crime Rate
216.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hine Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Hitchin Highbury , and the 19th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in North Hertfordshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hine Way (SG5 2SN) in the last 12 months was 216.6 per 1,000 residents and was 485.9% higher than the Hitchin Highbury average (37.0 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hine Way (SG5 2SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bingen Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Barker Place (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hitchin Oughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bingen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bingen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bingen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freemans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westmill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seebohm Close | Under investigation |
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