Crime Statistics for Knebworth, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Knebworth 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 Knebworth, 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	9
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Public Order	1
All Crime	21

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 Knebworth. 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 Knebworth

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shephall (1.86 miles)	276
Broadwater (1.24 miles)	117
Aston (1.75 miles)	46
Knebworth	21
Hook’s Cross (1.24 miles)	11
Mardleybury (1.39 miles)	8
Driver’s End (1.96 miles)	7
Nup End (1.96 miles)	7
Pottersheath (1.75 miles)	7
Painter’s Green (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Knebworth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Shephall	97
Broadwater	38
Aston	20
Knebworth	9
Pottersheath	3
Hook’s Cross	2
Mardleybury	2
Driver’s End	2
Nup End	2
Painter’s Green	0

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

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 Knebworth 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 Knebworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knebworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Knebworth is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bedwell	87
2	Shephall	77
3	Roebuck	54
4	Bandley Hill	44
5	Longmeadow	40
6	Sherrards	35
7	Knebworth	30
8	Welwyn West	26
9	Datchworth & Aston	23
10	Walkern	19
11	Hertford Rural North	14

Which road in Knebworth has the highest level of crime?

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