Crime Statistics for Hertford, Hertfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Hertford, Hertford

There were a total of 116 street level crime incidents in Hertford 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 Hertford, 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 Crime43
Anti Social Behaviour31
Shoplifting14
Other Theft8
Criminal Damage Arson4
Drugs4
Public Order3
Possession Of Weapons3
Vehicle Crime2
Other Crime1
Burglary1
Bicycle Theft1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime116

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 Hertford. 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 Hertford

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hartham (0.62 miles)137
Bengeo (0.62 miles)137
Hertford116
Waterford (1.39 miles)52
Rush Green (1.86 miles)26
Broadoak End (1.39 miles)20
Hertingfordbury (1.24 miles)20
Birch Green (1.96 miles)4
Staines Green (1.96 miles)4
Hertford Heath (1.96 miles)2

10.37%
of Hertford Sele residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hertford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hartham50
Bengeo50
Hertford43
Waterford21
Rush Green13
Broadoak End10
Hertingfordbury10
Hertford Heath2
Birch Green1
Staines Green1

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

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 Hertford 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 Hertford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Hertford Sele54
2Hertford Castle47
3Hertford Kingsmead47
4Panshanger40
5Ware Christchurch37
6Hertford Bengeo33
7Ware Trinity33
8Ware Chadwell31
9Great Amwell26
10Ware St Mary's19
11Hertford Heath15

Which road in Hertford has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hertford with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Tudor Way.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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