Postcode · Stevenage
Crime in SG2 8TE
How much crime is recorded in SG2 8TE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater & Bragbury End
- Council
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,465 (2024)
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How safe is SG2 8TE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 27.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SG2 8TE area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
27.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SG2 8TENational
Violence and sexual offences23.923.6
Anti-social behaviour13.210.7
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Other theft3.04.5
Other crime2.41.5
Public order2.44.6
Burglary2.39.1
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Drugs1.32.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.