Total Crime Rate
639.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Station Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Letchworth South East , and the 5th highest crime rate of 413 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 Station Road (SG6 3BA) in the last 12 months was 639.0 per 1,000 residents and was 697.6% higher than the Letchworth South East average (80.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 282.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Road (SG6 3BA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Letchworth South East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Arena Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Arena Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Arena Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Eastcheap | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Letchworth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Eastcheap | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Eastcheap | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastcheap | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Place | Under investigation |
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