Royston Palace
WardThe north east of the North Hertfordshire. About 5,918 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Royston Palace live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Royston Palace compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Royston Palace safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Royston Palace at a rate of 77.1 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, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Royston Palace.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (162), anti-social behaviour (116) and shoplifting (60).
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 ward, so they describe all of North Hertfordshire and not Royston Palace alone. See North Hertfordshire
Royston Palace in brief
Royston Palace had 5,811 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Royston Palace live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Royston Palace, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Royston Palace, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.