Stevenage’s crime severity is rated as medium, placing it 9th in a comparison with 25 neighboring boroughs in terms of crime rates. In the year 2023, the area reported 9,380 criminal incidents, against a backdrop of 89,495 residents, translating to a crime rate of 104.81 per 1,000 inhabitants. This rate indicates an 8.42% reduction from the year prior.
Prevalent crime categories in Stevenage encompass Violence and sexual offences (31.7%), Anti-social behaviour (23.4%), and Other theft (8.1%). The least frequent crimes included Theft from the person (0.9%), Possession of weapons (0.8%), and Robbery (0.4%).
In Stevenage, which is divided into 13 wards, the highest crime rates were recorded in Bedwell (273.9), Roebuck (169.0), and Old Town (131.2), while the safest areas were St Nicholas (62.2), Longmeadow (55.8), and Manor (46.5).
Reviewing the postcode districts within or overlapping Stevenage, SG1 (120.4), SG2 (72.3), and SG5 (69.7) witnessed higher crime rates, whereas the safer districts were SG5 (69.7), SG7 (65.3), and SG4 (43.8).
In Stevenage, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 5.07% in 2020, Other theft by 1.97% in 2022, and Vehicle crime by 3.52% in 2021. However, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 3.66% in 2021, 3.29% in 2022, and 1.53% in 2023, Bicycle theft by 1.66% in 2021, Shoplifting by 4.42% in 2020, Vehicle crime by 2.75% in 2023, and Violence and sexual offences by 4.1% in 2023.