Total Crime Rate

119.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hitchin Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Letchworth South East , and the 50th 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 Hitchin Road (SG6 3LX) in the last 12 months was 119.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -24.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitchin Road (SG6 3LX), the main crime hotspot is near Briar Patch Lane. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hitchin Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briar Patch Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briar Patch Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briar Patch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briar Patch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Tree Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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