Crime Rate in Bishop's Stortford South, ward

Bishop's Stortford South has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 wards in East Hertfordshire district and the 1481st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 216th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bishop's Stortford South in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% lower than the East Hertfordshire district average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bishop's Stortford South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 97 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bishop's Stortford South ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Whittington Way. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.