Total Crime Rate

127.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 48.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Parade area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Letchworth Grange , and the 45th highest crime rate of 414 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 The Parade (SG6 4NB) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 102.3% higher than the Letchworth Grange average (63.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Parade (SG6 4NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lindencroft, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pelican Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Parade area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Northfields Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pelican Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Midhurst Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lindencroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lindencroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pelican Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Way —
Apr 2026Drugs Stoneley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southfields —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Southfields Under investigation
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Data Sources

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