Crime Statistics for Poplars, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 136 street level crime incidents in Poplars 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 Poplars, 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	55
Anti Social Behaviour	35
Other Theft	11
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Drugs	5
Shoplifting	5
Public Order	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	136

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 Poplars. 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 Poplars

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pin Green (1.75 miles)	292
Bedwell (1.39 miles)	277
Shephall (0.62 miles)	201
Poplars	136
Chells (1.24 miles)	131
Broadwater (0.88 miles)	117
Aston End (0.88 miles)	81
Aston (0.88 miles)	46
Knebworth (1.96 miles)	21
Hook’s Cross (1.96 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Poplars?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pin Green	72
Bedwell	69
Shephall	56
Poplars	55
Chells	46
Broadwater	38
Aston End	30
Aston	20
Knebworth	9
Hook’s Cross	2

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

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 Poplars 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 Poplars compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Poplars and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Poplars is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bedwell	87
2	Shephall	77
3	Old Town	74
4	Pin Green	70
5	Martins Wood	58
6	Roebuck	54
7	Chells	45
8	Bandley Hill	44
9	Longmeadow	40
10	Manor	28
11	Walkern	19

Which road in Poplars has the highest level of crime?

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