Total Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhurst area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Letchworth Grange , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 414 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 Woodhurst (SG6 4LY) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% higher than the Letchworth Grange average (63.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhurst (SG6 4LY), the main crime hotspot is near Pelican Way. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Letchworth Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Midhurst | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathermere | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Childwick Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelican Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashdown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathermere | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelican Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southfields | Under investigation |
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