Crime Statistics for Shephall, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Shephall, Stevenage

There were a total of 276 street level crime incidents in Shephall in January 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 Shephall, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime97
Anti Social Behaviour56
Drugs26
Other Theft21
Criminal Damage Arson20
Shoplifting17
Public Order15
Vehicle Crime8
Robbery4
Other Crime4
Burglary4
Theft From The Person2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime276

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Shephall

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Pin Green (1.39 miles)415
Bedwell (0.88 miles)407
Shephall276
Chells (1.39 miles)208
St Nicholas (1.86 miles)188
Poplars (0.62 miles)182
Broadwater (0.62 miles)147
Aston End (1.39 miles)140
Aston (1.39 miles)55
Norton Green (1.86 miles)25

15.72%
of Shephall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shephall?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Pin Green132
Bedwell119
Shephall97
Chells88
Poplars86
St Nicholas84
Aston End63
Broadwater50
Aston26
Norton Green4

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

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 Shephall 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 Shephall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shephall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shephall is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Bedwell87
2Shephall77
3Old Town74
4Pin Green70
5Martins Wood58
6Roebuck54
7Chells45
8Bandley Hill44
9Longmeadow40
10Symonds Green30
11Manor28

Which road in Shephall has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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