Total Crime Rate

801.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 801.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 214.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 214.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 71.4 10/10
  • Other theft 71.4 10/10
  • Public order 55.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.8 10/10
  • Burglary 23.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.8 7/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.9 9/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Other crime 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

Anchor Street Leisure Park area has the highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 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 Anchor Street Leisure Park (CM23 3BP) in the last 12 months was 801.6 per 1,000 residents and was 707.7% higher than the Bishop's Stortford All Saints average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 293.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anchor Street Leisure Park (CM23 3BP), the main crime hotspot is near Potter Street. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Anchor Street Leisure Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Riverside Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nails Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nails Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nails Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potter Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Potter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Potter Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Riverside Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1059 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Causeway

Data Sources

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