Crime Rates at Franklin Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2GN

Franklin Street 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 Franklin Street (CM23 2GN) 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 Franklin Street (CM23 2GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hadham Grove, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newland Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.