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Crime · Hitchin
Reported crime in Hitchin
2,730 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 70 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,730
Rate / 1,000
70
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 888 | 33% |
| Anti social behaviour | 645 | 24% |
| Other theft | 200 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 199 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 183 | 7% |
| Public order | 138 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 136 | 5% |
| Burglary | 97 | 4% |
| Drugs | 89 | 3% |
| Other crime | 52 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 30 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 25 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 25 | 1% |
| Robbery | 23 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 71 | 78 | 55 | 51 | 68 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 93 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 888 |
| Anti social behaviour | 45 | 38 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 43 | 57 | 80 | 68 | 76 | 77 | 645 |
| Other theft | 10 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 200 |
| Shoplifting | 19 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 199 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 183 |
| Public order | 19 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 138 |
| Vehicle crime | 23 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 136 |
| Burglary | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 97 |
| Drugs | 7 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 89 |
| Other crime | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 52 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 30 |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 | |||
| Theft from the person | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | ||
| Robbery | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Total | 237 | 212 | 187 | 171 | 190 | 218 | 218 | 228 | 262 | 259 | 266 | 282 | 2730 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hitchin, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 38,745.