Total Crime Rate

124.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 124.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 63.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 28.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 Link area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Letchworth Grange , and the 48th 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 The Link (SG6 4NN) in the last 12 months was 124.1 per 1,000 residents and was 97.1% higher than the Letchworth Grange average (63.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Link (SG6 4NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lindencroft, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maycroft (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Link area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lindencroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southfields
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastholm
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastholm
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lindencroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farm Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pelican Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Southfields Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pelican Way
Apr 2026Public order Northfields Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastholm
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maycroft Under investigation

Data Sources

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