Total Crime Rate

82.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 35.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grove Park area has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bishop's Stortford Central , and the 111th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Park (CM23 2BX) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% lower than the Bishop's Stortford Central average (89.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Park (CM23 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Hadham Grove. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hadham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Hadham Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hadham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grove Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boswell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Boswell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sewell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Patmore Close —
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Data Sources

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