Total Crime Rate

213.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 213.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.4 9/10
  • Other theft 35.5 10/10
  • Drugs 17.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.8 9/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Southern Way area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Letchworth Grange , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 413 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 Southern Way (SG6 4TD) in the last 12 months was 213.0 per 1,000 residents and was 236.7% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 100.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southern Way (SG6 4TD), the main crime hotspot is near Bittern Way. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southern Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swift Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Childwick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashdown —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bittern Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bittern Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Childwick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bittern Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bittern Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Childwick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swift Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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