Crime Statistics for Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hitchin in October 2024. There were a total of 277 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hitchin, 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	112
Criminal Damage Arson	31
Vehicle Crime	27
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Theft	21
Public Order	17
Shoplifting	15
Burglary	12
Other Crime	10
Drugs	5
Theft From The Person	3
All Crime	277

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hitchin. 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 Hitchin

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hitchin	259
Walsworth	193
Ickleford (0.88 miles)	178
Oakfield (1.24 miles)	95
Hitchin Hill (1.39 miles)	91
Hiz (1.26 miles)	57
Cadwell (1.39 miles)	55
St Ippollitts (1.86 miles)	26
Great Wymondley (1.75 miles)	21
Charlton (1.75 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Hitchin?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hitchin	112
Walsworth	66
Ickleford	58
Oakfield	35
Hitchin Hill	32
Hiz	27
Cadwell	14
St Ippollitts	14
Great Wymondley	13
Charlton	6

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

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 Hitchin 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 Hitchin compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hitchin and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hitchin is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hitchin Oughton	64
2	Letchworth Wilbury	45
3	Letchworth East	45
4	Letchworth South West	43
5	Letchworth South East	41
6	Cadwell	40
7	Hitchin Bearton	39
8	Hitchin Priory	34
9	Hitchin Highbury	29
10	Hitchin Walsworth	20
11	Chesfield	19

Which road in Hitchin has the highest level of crime?

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