Total Crime Rate

107.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Drugs 17.4 10/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Nevells Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Letchworth Norton , and the 62nd 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 Nevells Road (SG6 4TS) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher than the Letchworth Norton average (73.5 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nevells Road (SG6 4TS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 273 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nevells Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastcheap Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arena Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arena Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arena Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastcheap
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastcheap Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastcheap Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Leys Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leys Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leys Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Letchworth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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