Crime Statistics for Aston End, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Aston End, Stevenage

There were a total of 140 street level crime incidents in Aston End 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 Aston End, 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 Crime63
Anti Social Behaviour24
Drugs11
Criminal Damage Arson10
Other Theft9
Shoplifting7
Public Order6
Burglary5
Vehicle Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
All Crime140

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 Aston End. 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 Aston End

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bedwell (1.86 miles)407
Shephall (1.39 miles)276
Chells (0.88 miles)208
St Nicholas (1.75 miles)188
Poplars (0.88 miles)182
Broadwater (1.75 miles)147
Aston End140
Aston (1.24 miles)55
Walkern (1.75 miles)4
Bassus Green (1.96 miles)3

6.2%
of Datchworth & Aston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Aston End?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bedwell119
Shephall97
Chells88
Poplars86
St Nicholas84
Aston End63
Broadwater50
Aston26
Walkern3
Bassus Green3

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

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 Aston End 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 Aston End compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bedwell87
2Shephall77
3Pin Green70
4St Nicholas63
5Martins Wood58
6Roebuck54
7Chells45
8Bandley Hill44
9Longmeadow40
10Manor28
11Datchworth & Aston23

Which road in Aston End has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Aston End 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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