Crime Statistics for Bedwell, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 277 street level crime incidents in Bedwell in February 2024. 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 Bedwell, 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	69
Anti Social Behaviour	62
Other Theft	39
Shoplifting	24
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Public Order	15
Drugs	15
Bicycle Theft	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Burglary	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Theft From The Person	4
Other Crime	4
Robbery	2
All Crime	277

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pin Green (0.62 miles)	292
Bedwell	277
Shephall (0.88 miles)	276
St Nicholas (1.39 miles)	188
Poplars (1.39 miles)	136
Symonds Green (1.39 miles)	136
Chells (1.39 miles)	131
Broadwater (1.39 miles)	117
Fishers Green (1.75 miles)	85
Norton Green (1.39 miles)	23

Where are the most violent places near Bedwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shephall	97
St Nicholas	84
Pin Green	72
Bedwell	69
Poplars	55
Symonds Green	54
Chells	46
Broadwater	38
Fishers Green	38
Norton Green	6

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

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 Bedwell 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 Bedwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bedwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Bedwell have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Manor.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bedwell	87
2	Shephall	77
3	Old Town	74
4	Pin Green	70
5	St Nicholas	63
6	Roebuck	54
7	Woodfield	52
8	Chells	45
9	Bandley Hill	44
10	Symonds Green	30
11	Manor	28

Which road in Bedwell has the highest level of crime?

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