Total Crime Rate

39.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 39.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.9 3/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Nursery Cottages area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Letchworth Grange , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 413 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 Nursery Cottages (SG6 4JR) in the last 12 months was 39.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% lower than the Letchworth Grange average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Cottages (SG6 4JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Salisbury Close, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightingale Way (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nursery Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightingale Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Palmerston Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Salisbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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