Total Crime Rate

45.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 45.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle 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

Norfolk Way area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Bishop's Stortford All Saints , and the 215th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in East Hertfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Way (CM23 3PN) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Way (CM23 3PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merrill Place, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kent Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beechlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kent Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elizabeth Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benhooks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benhooks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrill Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrill Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coronation Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Apsley Close —
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Data Sources

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