Crime Rate in Bishop's Stortford North, ward

Bishop's Stortford North has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 wards in East Hertfordshire district and the 2851st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 269th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bishop's Stortford North in the last 12 months was 78.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% higher than the East Hertfordshire district average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bishop's Stortford North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 240 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 277 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bishop's Stortford North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 98 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Shopping Area (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.