Total Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rudham Grove area has the 16th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Letchworth South East , and the 117th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in North Hertfordshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rudham Grove (SG6 2BB) in the last 12 months was 73.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Letchworth South East average (70.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rudham Grove (SG6 2BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jarden, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radburn Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Letchworth South East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alban Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarden | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jarden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jarden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jarden | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alban Road | — |
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