Crime Statistics for Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 205 street level crime incidents in Bishop’s Stortford 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 Bishop’s Stortford, 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	65
Anti Social Behaviour	57
Other Theft	14
Shoplifting	14
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Public Order	10
Vehicle Crime	10
Theft From The Person	6
Other Crime	4
Burglary	4
Drugs	4
Bicycle Theft	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	205

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 Bishop’s Stortford. 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 Bishop’s Stortford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bishop’s Stortford	205
Hockerill (0.62 miles)	135
Birchanger (1.39 miles)	47
Tilekiln Green (1.86 miles)	27
Latchmore Bank (1.86 miles)	9
Gaston Green (2.48 miles)	8
Great Hallingbury (1.75 miles)	5
Bedlar’s Green (1.96 miles)	3
Hallingbury Street (2.24 miles)	2
Cradle End (2.48 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Bishop’s Stortford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bishop’s Stortford	65
Hockerill	37
Birchanger	15
Tilekiln Green	5
Latchmore Bank	5
Gaston Green	5
Great Hallingbury	2
Bedlar’s Green	1
Hallingbury Street	0
Cradle End	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bishop’s Stortford?

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 Bishop’s Stortford 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 Bishop’s Stortford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bishop’s Stortford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bishop’s Stortford is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bishop's Stortford Meads	46
2	Broad Oak & the Hallingburys	41
3	Bishop's Stortford Central	37
4	Sawbridgeworth	34
5	Bishop's Stortford All Saints	28
6	Little Hadham	27
7	Stansted North	25
8	Bishop's Stortford Silverleys	20
9	Bishop's Stortford South	15
10	Lower Sheering	8

Which road in Bishop’s Stortford has the highest level of crime?

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