Total Crime Rate
181.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 36th 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 South Street (CM23 3AA) in the last 12 months was 181.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Street (CM23 3AA), the main crime hotspot is near Potter Street. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bishop's Stortford Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A1059 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Archer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1059 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1059 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nails Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nails Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jervis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Causeway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
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