Crime Rate in Ware Rural, ward

Ware Rural has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 wards in East Hertfordshire district and the 2515th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 386th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ware Rural in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the East Hertfordshire district average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ware Rural’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ware Rural ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Park/Open Space, with 26 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Kingham Road (9 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.