Crime Statistics for Royston, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 85 street level crime incidents in Royston in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Violent Crime	25
Other Theft	8
Burglary	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Shoplifting	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Robbery	2
Public Order	2
Drugs	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	85

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 Royston. 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 Royston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Royston	85
Chiswick End (2.78 miles)	22
Kneesworth (1.96 miles)	19
Bassingbourn (1.75 miles)	12
Dyer’s Green (2.48 miles)	12
Litlington (2.55 miles)	2
Kelshall (3.62 miles)	2
Abington Pigotts (3.62 miles)	1
Reed End (3.17 miles)	0
Barley (3.61 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Royston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Royston	25
Chiswick End	8
Kneesworth	7
Dyer’s Green	7
Bassingbourn	4
Litlington	2
Abington Pigotts	1
Kelshall	0
Reed End	0
Barley	0

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

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 Royston 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 Royston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ermine	54
2	Buntingford	38
3	Foxton	35
4	Bassingbourn	35
5	Harston & Comberton	32
6	Barrington	28
7	Melbourn	26
8	Baldock East	25
9	Royston Palace	24
10	Royston Meridian	18
11	Royston Heath	8

Which road in Royston has the highest level of crime?

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