Crime Statistics for Chells, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Chells in September 2024. There were a total of 365 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chells, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	137
Anti Social Behaviour	94
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Vehicle Crime	22
Other Crime	18
Shoplifting	16
Public Order	14
Other Theft	12
Drugs	12
Burglary	6
Possession Of Weapons	6
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	365

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chells. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chells

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chells and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chells has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedwell (1.39 miles)	371
Chells	349
Poplars (1.24 miles)	345
Pin Green (1.24 miles)	321
Shephall (1.39 miles)	250
St Nicholas (0.88 miles)	223
Aston End (0.88 miles)	163
Warren’s Green (1.86 miles)	62
Hall’s Green (1.96 miles)	20
Walkern (1.96 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Chells?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chells and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Pin Green	207
Bedwell	138
Chells	137
Poplars	130
Aston End	95
Shephall	86
St Nicholas	76
Warren’s Green	18
Walkern	4
Hall’s Green	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chells?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chells to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chells compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chells and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Chells is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bedwell	87
2	Shephall	77
3	Old Town	74
4	Pin Green	70
5	St Nicholas	63
6	Martins Wood	58
7	Roebuck	54
8	Woodfield	52
9	Chells	45
10	Bandley Hill	44
11	Manor	28

Which road in Chells has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chells with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.