Total Crime Rate
395.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 9th 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 2LU) in the last 12 months was 395.3 per 1,000 residents and was 296.8% 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 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 209.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CM23 2LU), 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 North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nails Lane | — |
| 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 | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nails Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nails Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | William Searing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrett Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrett Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Riverside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bells Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B1004 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Causeway | Under investigation |
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