Total Crime Rate
443.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 8th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in East Hertfordshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CM23 2LS) in the last 12 months was 443.1 per 1,000 residents and was 344.8% higher than the Bishop's Stortford All Saints average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -88.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 154.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CM23 2LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Potter Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishop's Stortford Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
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