Crime Statistics for Royston, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Royston, Royston

There were a total of 82 street level crime incidents in Royston 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 Royston, 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 Crime19
Anti Social Behaviour19
Vehicle Crime11
Other Theft10
Shoplifting7
Bicycle Theft6
Public Order4
Drugs3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Burglary1
All Crime82

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 Royston. 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 Royston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Royston82
Chiswick End (2.78 miles)21
Bassingbourn (1.75 miles)13
Litlington (2.55 miles)9
Kneesworth (1.96 miles)9
Reed End (3.17 miles)4
Dyer’s Green (2.48 miles)4
Abington Pigotts (3.62 miles)3
Barley (3.61 miles)1
Kelshall (3.62 miles)0

10.8%
of Royston Heath residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Royston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Royston19
Chiswick End8
Litlington7
Bassingbourn6
Kneesworth3
Reed End2
Dyer’s Green2
Abington Pigotts2
Barley0
Kelshall0

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

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 Royston 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 Royston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ermine54
2Buntingford38
3Foxton35
4Bassingbourn35
5Harston & Comberton32
6Barrington28
7Melbourn26
8Baldock East25
9Royston Palace24
10Royston Meridian18
11Royston Heath8

Which road in Royston has the highest level of crime?

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