Total Crime Rate

395.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

209.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 395.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 209.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 173.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 43.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Public order 29.6 10/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 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

High 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.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nails Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Riverside Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Riverside Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Riverside Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nails Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nails Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson North Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs William Searing Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson North Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrett Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barrett Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Riverside Walk
Apr 2026Shoplifting Riverside Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Potter Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Causeway Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Causeway Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bells Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Causeway Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B1004
Apr 2026Shoplifting The Causeway Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Square
Apr 2026Other theft The Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs The Causeway Under investigation

Data Sources

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