Crime Statistics for Hertford, Hertfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hertford in October 2024. There were a total of 287 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	92
Shoplifting	54
Anti Social Behaviour	52
Public Order	18
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Other Theft	14
Vehicle Crime	13
Bicycle Theft	10
Burglary	8
Theft From The Person	6
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	287

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 Hertford. 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 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Hertford	269
Hartham (0.62 miles)	183
Bengeo (0.62 miles)	148
Waterford (1.39 miles)	131
Broadoak End (1.39 miles)	39
Hertingfordbury (1.24 miles)	38
Rush Green (1.86 miles)	36
Hertford Heath (1.96 miles)	12
Birch Green (1.96 miles)	3
Staines Green (1.96 miles)	3

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.

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 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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hertford Sele	54
2	Hertford Castle	47
3	Hertford Kingsmead	47
4	Panshanger	40
5	Ware Christchurch	37
6	Hertford Bengeo	33
7	Ware Trinity	33
8	Ware Chadwell	31
9	Great Amwell	26
10	Ware St Mary's	19
11	Hertford Heath	15

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.