Crime · Hitchin Square

Reported crime in central Hitchin Square

Name: Hitchin Square crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

14,734 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 148 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

14,734

Rate / 1,000

148

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,811	26%
Anti social behaviour	2,799	19%
Shoplifting	1,262	9%
Theft from the person	1,246	8%
Other theft	1,036	7%
Public order	889	6%
Vehicle crime	774	5%
Drugs	708	5%
Burglary	704	5%
Robbery	473	3%
Criminal damage and arson	445	3%
Bicycle theft	335	2%
Other crime	158	1%
Possession of weapons	94	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	283	309	314	305	309	296	321	278	359	361	374	302	3811
Anti social behaviour	209	265	224	170	176	178	214	211	317	248	285	302	2799
Shoplifting	86	52	72	76	60	50	71	120	147	153	168	207	1262
Theft from the person	71	70	119	124	91	90	119	143	135	93	106	85	1246
Other theft	82	86	75	90	77	82	75	73	118	93	86	99	1036
Public order	91	87	83	53	49	65	56	75	68	85	89	88	889
Vehicle crime	61	71	61	51	57	67	57	65	66	69	77	72	774
Drugs	84	52	61	66	70	24	52	63	55	73	63	45	708
Burglary	78	60	78	73	51	38	62	45	56	65	38	60	704
Robbery	33	46	36	28	35	30	36	34	54	48	43	50	473
Criminal damage and arson	63	51	59	53	47	46	53	58	3	3	6	3	445
Bicycle theft	21	39	24	13	14	17	27	31	48	29	34	38	335
Other crime	16	13	8	15	10	12	18	20	8	10	11	17	158
Possession of weapons	5	8	5	12	5	6	7	10	8	11	5	12	94
Total	1183	1209	1219	1129	1051	1001	1168	1226	1442	1341	1385	1380	14734

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hitchin Square, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 99,422.