Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 83.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lankester Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Royston Heath , and the 97th highest crime rate of 413 local areas in North Hertfordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lankester Road (SG8 9DG) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Royston Heath average (77.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lankester Road (SG8 9DG), the main crime hotspot is near Stake Piece Road. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lankester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sun Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lankester Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Copperfields —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Fleet Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Briary Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Chilcourt Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stake Piece Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stake Piece Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stake Piece Road —
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Data Sources

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