Total Crime Rate

53.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Byron Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Royston Meridian , and the 188th highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Byron Road (SG8 7DP) in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% higher than the Royston Meridian average (43.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Byron Road (SG8 7DP), the main crime hotspot is near Shakespeare. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Byron Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coombelands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shakespeare Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tennyson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourn Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ackroyd Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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