Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 8.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beech Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Letchworth Wilbury , and the 104th highest crime rate of 413 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 Beech Hill (SG6 4EE) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% higher than the Letchworth Wilbury average (58.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Hill (SG6 4EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eldefield, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chasten Hill (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bedford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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