Letchworth East
Middle areaThe north west of the North Hertfordshire. 8,274 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in Letchworth East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Letchworth East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Letchworth East at a rate of 96.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.6 per 1,000 people across North Hertfordshire.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 271 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 188 |
| Other crime | 146 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 53 |
| Shoplifting | 51 |
| Burglary | 28 |
| Drug offences | 28 |
| Vehicle crime | 26 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Letchworth East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Letchworth East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Letchworth East at a rate of 96.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.6 per 1,000 people across North Hertfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Letchworth East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (271), anti-social behaviour (188) and other crime (146).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of North Hertfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of North Hertfordshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of North Hertfordshire and not Letchworth East alone. See North Hertfordshire
Letchworth East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Letchworth East was £380,000 in 2025.
Letchworth East had 8,074 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in Letchworth East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Letchworth East, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.