Crime Statistics for Bengeo, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bengeo in October 2024. There were a total of 236 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bengeo, 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	82
Shoplifting	39
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Public Order	18
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Theft	12
Bicycle Theft	8
Theft From The Person	6
Burglary	6
Drugs	4
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	236

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bengeo. 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 Bengeo

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hertford (0.62 miles)	269
Hartham	183
Bengeo	148
Waterford (0.88 miles)	131
Broadoak End (1.24 miles)	39
Hertingfordbury (1.39 miles)	38
Rush Green (1.96 miles)	36
Hertford Heath (2.24 miles)	12
Birch Green (2.24 miles)	3
Staines Green (2.24 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Bengeo?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hertford	92
Bengeo	82
Hartham	64
Waterford	39
Broadoak End	15
Rush Green	13
Hertingfordbury	6
Hertford Heath	6
Birch Green	0
Staines Green	0

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

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 Bengeo 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 Bengeo compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bengeo and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bengeo is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hertford Sele	54
2	Hertford Castle	47
3	Hertford Kingsmead	47
4	Hoddesdon North	42
5	Panshanger	40
6	Ware Christchurch	37
7	Hertford Bengeo	33
8	Ware Trinity	33
9	Ware Chadwell	31
10	Great Amwell	26
11	Ware St Mary's	19

Which road in Bengeo has the highest level of crime?

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