Total Crime Rate

205.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 205.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandford Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bishop's Stortford Central , and the 26th highest crime rate of 456 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 Sandford Drive (CM23 2WJ) in the last 12 months was 205.5 per 1,000 residents and was 132.7% higher than the Bishop's Stortford Central average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 171.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandford Drive (CM23 2WJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hadham Grove. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bishop's Stortford Central

Crime Over Time in Sandford Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hadham Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hadham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hadham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chequers Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sewell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Squires Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hadham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grove Park Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franklin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Park Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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