Total Crime Rate

37.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hoestock Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Sawbridgeworth , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hoestock Road (CM21 0DZ) in the last 12 months was 37.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Sawbridgeworth average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hoestock Road (CM21 0DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nursery Fields (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hoestock Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowfield —
Sep 2025Public order Nursery Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Mead —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buttersweet Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowfield —
Sep 2025Other crime A1184 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nursery Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill Tree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook End —
Sep 2025Public order Brook End Under investigation
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Data Sources

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