Total Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pixmore Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Letchworth Norton , and the 71st highest crime rate of 414 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pixmore Way (SG6 1QS) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% higher than the Letchworth Norton average (76.3 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pixmore Way (SG6 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Rushby Place. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pixmore Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Rushby Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushby Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushby Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushby Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushby Mead Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushby Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushby Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushby Walk
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rushby Walk
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broughton Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norton Way South
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waysmeet
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Davison Court
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bidwell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rushby Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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