Crime Statistics for Ickleford, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 82 street level crime incidents in Ickleford 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 Ickleford, 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	26
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	8
Burglary	4
Public Order	3
Other Crime	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	82

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 Ickleford. 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 Ickleford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walsworth (0.88 miles)	144
Hitchin (0.88 miles)	144
Hitchin Hill (1.86 miles)	91
Oakfield (1.96 miles)	89
Ickleford	82
Hiz (2.09 miles)	55
Cadwell (0.62 miles)	23
Holwellbury (2.24 miles)	13
Charlton (1.96 miles)	7
Holwell (1.76 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Ickleford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Walsworth	43
Hitchin	43
Hitchin Hill	27
Oakfield	26
Ickleford	26
Hiz	21
Cadwell	8
Holwellbury	7
Charlton	1
Holwell	1

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

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 Ickleford 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 Ickleford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Letchworth Grange	40
7	Cadwell	40
8	Hitchin Bearton	39
9	Hitchin Priory	34
10	Hitchin Highbury	29
11	Hitchin Walsworth	20

Which road in Ickleford has the highest level of crime?

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