Total Crime Rate
801.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Anchor 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.
View Crime In Bishop's Stortford All Saints| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riverside Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Riverside Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nails Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nails Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nails Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Riverside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1059 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Causeway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Causeway | — |
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